“When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.”

“Coraline sighed. 'You really don't understand do you?' she said. 'I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted, just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?”

“You are alive. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you change the world, the world will change.”

“I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don't want to be sane.”

“You're alive, that means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you change the world, the world will change.”

“I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?”

“I don't think you should ever insult people unintentionally: if you're doing it, you ought to mean it.”