It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but only the idea of a houseโand the person who had had the idea, she was certain, was not a good person.
Neil GaimanSometimes human beings are very much like bees. Bees are fiercely protective of their hive, provided you are outside it. Once youโre in, the workers sort of assume that it must have been cleared by management and take no notice; various freeloading insects have evolved a mellifluous existence because of this very fact. Humans act the same way.
Neil GaimanHe had read books, newspapers and magazines. He knew that if you ran away you sometimes met bad people who did bad things to you; but he had also read fairy tales, so he knew that there were kind people out there, side by side with the monsters.
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