In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can be a lie. It is the most basic building brick of everything.

He..." Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me." Door stopped. The steps dead-ended in a rough brick wall. "Mm," she agreed. "He's a little bit dodgy in the same way that rats are a little bit covered in fur.

I'm somebody who considers happiness a journey, not a destination.

I was not so old that I would deny my own senses.

Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.

I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there.

I have no plans to love you," said Coraline. "No matter what. You can't make me love you.