“Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.”

“wanting something does not make it real.”

“It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite.”

“The immature conscience is not its own master. It simply parrots the decisions of others. It does not make judgments of its own; it merely conforms to the judgments of others. That is not real freedom, and it makes true love impossible, for if we are to love truly and freely, we must be able to give something that is truly our own to another. If our heart does not belong to us, asks Merton, how can we give it to another?”

“A label doesn't make something so. A label is just a word. It's what a person does that makes them who they are”

“Why does she want me?" Coraline asked the cat. "Why does she want me to stay here with her?""She wants something to love, I think," said the cat. "Something that isn't her. She might want something to eat as well. It's hard to tell with creatures like that.”