“It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but only the idea of a house—and the person who had had the idea, she was certain, was not a good person.”

“Outside, the world had become a formless, swirling mist with noshapes or shadows behind it, while the house itself seemed tohave twisted and stretched. It appeared to Coraline that it wascrouching and staring down at her, as if it were not really ahouse but only the idea of a house—and the person who hadhad the idea, she was certain, was not a good person.”

“she was so much a personality and so little anything else that even staring straight at her he had no idea what she really looked like.”

“I really had no idea you'd be this stupid but then again you were the only person that really got me”

“She was the only person in the house, of either sex, who did not seem to have a heart pierced by the sorrow of thwarted love.”

“It was her personal view that people who are overly choosy about the drinks they order in a bar tend to be sexually bland. She had no idea why this should be so.”