It is your differences that make you glorious.

The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked...that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

This is the only country in the world, that worries about what it is. The rest of them know what they are. No one ever needs to go searching for the heart of Norway. Or looks for the soul of Mozambique. They know what they are.

You know I love you,' said the other mother flatly. 'You have a very funny way of showing it,' said Coraline.

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

She smiled again. "Do you like cat?" she said. "Yes," said Richard. "I quite like cats." Anaesthesia looked relieved. "Thigh?" she asked, "or breast?

I'm just going to stay here, in the darkness under the arch. I can hear you all out there, trip-trapping, trip-trapping over my bridge. Oh yes, I can hear you. But I'm not coming out.