“I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave."
"Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline.
"Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back."
"Swear on something else.”
― Coraline
"Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline.
"Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back."
"Swear on something else.”
― Coraline
“This is the second time that you have listened behind my door, M. de Chagny!"
"I was not behind the door! I was in your room, in your dressing-closet, mademoiselle.”
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"I was not behind the door! I was in your room, in your dressing-closet, mademoiselle.”
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“... he was now loved for himself. This phrase disturbed me greatly - I could not help shuddering at the very thought of it. His ghastly, unique, and repulsive ugliness has put him beyond the pale of humanity; I had gathered the impression that it had freed him from any obligations towards mankind.”
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