# Quote — Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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

- Author: [Neil Gaiman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman.md)
- Book: [Coraline](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman#Coraline_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/coraline/but-how-can

## More from this book

> "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)