Coraline Quotes - Page 2

• 'Coraline' is Neil Gaiman's book, it sold a lot, it has a big fan base. It was originally conceived to be live action, but I never really wanted it to be. I always thought that it would work better as an animated film.

  Henry Selick

  Book, Fans, Action

  "1-On-1 with Henry Selick on The Life Aquatic". LatinoReview Interview, movieweb.com. December 20, 2004.

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• 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 house—and the person who had had the idea, she was certain, was not a good person.

  Neil Gaiman

  Ideas, House, Good Person

  Neil Gaiman (2012). “Coraline”, p.125, A&C Black

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• For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak tea. The limeade was very interesting. It didn't taste anything like limes. It tasted bright green and vaguely chemical. Coraline liked it enormously. She wished they had it at home. "How are your dear mother and father?" asked Miss Spink. "Missing," said Coraline. "I haven't seen either of them since yesterday. I'm on my own. I think I've probably become a single child family.

  Neil Gaiman

  Mother, Children, Father

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “Coraline”, p.60, A&C Black

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• I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.

  Neil Gaiman

  Gun, Space, Laughing

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “Coraline”, p.30, A&C Black

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• Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.

  Neil Gaiman

  Cat, Names, People

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “Coraline”, p.45, A&C Black

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• Fairy tales are more than true.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Dragons, Fairy Stories, Fairy Tale

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• We are small but we are many We are many we are small We were here before you rose We will be here when you fall

  Neil Gaiman

  Fall, Rose

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “Coraline”, p.12, A&C Black

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• You can't make me love you.

  Neil Gaiman

  Love, Love You

  Neil Gaiman (2012). “Coraline”, p.91, A&C Black

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• She smiled at Coraline, as if it had been a very long time since she had smiled and she had almost, but not quite, forgotten how.

  Neil Gaiman

  Long, Forgotten, Ifs

  Neil Gaiman (2012). “Coraline”, p.171, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Now Coraline," said Miss Spink, "what's your name?" "Coraline," said Coraline. "And we don't know each other, do we?" Coraline looked at the thin young woman with black button eyes and shook her head slowly.

  Neil Gaiman

  Eye, Names, Missing

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “Coraline”, p.50, A&C Black

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• Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly. "Would you like one?" she asked the little dog. "Yes, please," whispered the dog. "Only not toffee ones. They make me drool." "I thought chocolates weren't very good for dogs," she said, remembering something Miss Forcible had once told her. "Maybe where you come from," whispered the little dog. "Here, it's all we eat.

  Neil Gaiman

  Dog, Missing, Chocolate

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• This Golden Globe nomination is sweet validation for the years of hard work it took to bring Coraline to life using stop-motion animation with the greatest crew of animators, artists, and technicians I've ever been privileged to work with. I share this nomination with all of them and we all share our thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press.

  Henry Selick

  Sweet, Hard Work, Artist

  "Neil Gaiman, Others React to Golden Globe Animation Noms" by Steve Fritz, www.newsarama.com. December 15, 2009.

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