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"I think it may have saved my life, and saved some other people's death." -Coraline

"Be Wise. Be Brave. Be Tricky." -One of the Lost Three Children

"We're going to go home! We are! Help me!" -Coraline

"Come on, Cat. If the only way out is past her, then that's the way we're going to go." -Coraline

"She does not mean you well. We do not believe that she would help you. It must be a trick." -One of the lost three children

"A trial of green fire blew from the stone in the mirror and drifted towards Coraline's bedroom."

"Peradventure, if you could win your momma and your papa back from the beldam, you could also win free our souls." -one of the lost three children

"You may come out when you've learned your manners, and when you're ready to be a loving daughter." -Other Mother

"Challenge Her. There's no guarantee she'll play fair, but her kind of thing loves games and challenges." -The Black Cat

"We'll see you soon, though, when you come back." -Other Father
"And then we'll all be together as one big happy family... For ever and always." -Other Mother

"Mum, what's in the empty flat?" -Coraline
"Nothing, I expect, empty rooms." -Mrs. Jones
"Do you think you could get into it from our flat?" -Coraline
"Not unless you can walk through bricks, dear." -Mrs. Jones

“In danger? It sounds exciting. Not a bad thing… not really.” -Coraline

“It’s Coraline… not Caroline. Coraline.” -Coraline

“No, I have no idea what that signifies. It looks almost like a hand.“ -Miss Spink pg. 149

“…other mother's right hand went tumbling down into the darkness.” Pg. 157

“ I shut the door. I locked it. What more was I meant to do?” -Coraline pg. 142

“We’re going to go home. We are. Help me.” -Coraline pg. 132

“Nothing here that frightened her. These things... were illusions ... made by the other mother.” Pg. 115

“I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really.” -Coraline pg. 118

“It was true: the Other mother loved her. But she loved Coraline as a miser loves money, or a dragon loves its gold.” Pg. 104

“You can be brave.” -Coraline pg. 110

“…what is it you think you should be finding in this hide-and-go-seek game, Coraline?” -Other Mother
“My parents… and the souls of the children behind the mirror.” -Coraline pg. 90

“Names, names, names. The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart.” -children’s voice pg. 81

“…what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up…” pg. 65

“There’s ways in and ways out of places like this that even she doesn’t know about.” -Black Cat pg. 73

“Because when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.” -Coraline pg. 57

“Challenge her. There’s no guarantee she’ll play fair, but her kind of thing loves games and challenges.” -Black Cat pg. 63

“Well, you’re the expert on these things. After all, what would I know? I’m only a cat.” -Cat pg. 34

“And then we'll all be together as one big, happy family ... Forever and always.” -Other Mother pg. 44

“But when we knew you’d arrive one day, and then we could be a proper family.” -the other mother pg. 27

“You’d have to be an explorer to find your way around in this fog.” -Miss Forcible pg. 13

“The message is this. Don’t go through the door. Doesn’t that mean anything to you?” -Mr. Bobo pg. 14

“You know, Caroline. You are in terrible danger.” -Miss Spink pg. 18

“I asked you not to call me Caroline. It’s Coraline.” -Coraline pg. 2

“We are small but we are many
We are many we are small
We were here before you rose
We will be here when you fall.” Rats singing Pg. 10

“They hate you, Ralph. They’re going to do you.” -Sam
“They’re going to hunt you tomorrow.” -Eric pg. 188 💨👹🔼