Quotes from Neil Gaiman, Coraline

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.

I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted?

Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see.

She became certain that there was something in the dark behind her: something very old and very slow. Her heart beat so hard and so loudly she was scared it would burst out of her chest.

No, " said the cat. "Now, you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.