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

How old are you?" asked Door. Richard was pleased she had asked; he would never have dared. "As old as my tongue," said Hunter, primly, "and a little older than my teeth.

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

Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these

I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear. Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out.

A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change.