So," he asked. "How's death?" "Hard," she said. "It just keeps going.

I'm sure there's an alternate universe where I got to become a pulpy science fiction writer.

Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own.

A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.

I wish I could Buy Time - just write a cheque, and a few days later a brown cardboard box would arrive at the door containing three months (along with an extra bonus sunny weekend for being a good customer).

On the first day Coraline's family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, and they warned her to be sure she kept away from it. So Coraline set off to explore for it, so that she knew where it was, to keep away from it properly.

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted.