“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
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When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
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Neil Gaiman
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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
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“Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.”
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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.”
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“If you stay here, you can have whatever you want.” Coraline sighed. “You really don’t understand, do you?” she said. “I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun...”
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