“There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.”

“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”

“So, she said. You met your brother.You know, said Fat Charlie, you could have warned me.I did warn you that he is a god.You didn't mention that he was a complete and utter pain in the arse, though.”

“How big are souls anyway?" asked Coraline.The other mother sat down at the kitchen table and leaned against the back wall, saying nothing. She picked at her teeth with a long crimson-varnished fingernail, then she tapped the finger, gently, tap-tap-tap against the polished black surface of her black button eyes.”

“As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning. ”

“Decidió que si fuera un auténtico hombre de campo, le cortaría una costillas y las cocinaría en un hoguera improvisada. Sin embargo, se sentó en un tronco de árbol, se comió un Snickers y se dio cuenta de que no era un autentico hombre de campo.”

“Sombra miró el cuerpo del cervatillo. Decidió que si fuera un auténtico hombre de campo, le cortaría una costillas y las cocinaría en un hoguera improvisada. Sin embargo, se sentó en un tronco de árbol, se comió un Snickers y se dio cuenta de que no era un autentico hombre de campo.”