# Coraline

- Author: [Neil Gaiman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman.md)
- Quotes: 9
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline

## Quotes

> "What's your name," Coraline asked the cat. "Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?"

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/whats-your-name.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/we-are-small.md)

> "Because," she said, "when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/because-she-said.md)

> "How do I know you’ll keep your word?" asked Coraline.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/how-do-i-know.md)

> Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/coraline-shivered-she.md)

> Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/fairy-tales-are.md)

> But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/but-how-can.md)

> I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/i-dont-want.md)

> The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We keep our memories longer than our names.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/the-names-are.md)