--- title: "29 Coraline Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "29 Coraline quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Coraline sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_you-can-t-make-me-love-you-2900834_2900834.jpg" --- > [You can't make me love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-t-make-me-love-you/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_you-can-t-make-me-love-you-2900834_2900834.jpg) > [I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-will-be-brave-thought-coraline-no-i-am-brave/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/neil-gaiman-29_be-brave_i-will-be-brave-thought-coraline-no-i-am_209632.jpg) > [Mirrors,' she said, 'are never to be trusted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/mirrors-she-said-are-never-to-be-trusted/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_mirrors-she-said-are-never-to-be-trusted_1490970.jpg) > [There's a but, isn't there?" said Coraline. "I can feel it. Like a rain cloud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-s-a-but-isn-t-there-said-coraline-i-can-feel-it-like-a-rain/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/neil-gaiman-29_clouds_there-s-a-but-isn-t-there-said-coraline_2181912.jpg) > [I have no plans to love you," said Coraline. "No matter what. You can't make me love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-have-no-plans-to-love-you-said-coraline-no-matter-what-you-can-t/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_i-have-no-plans-to-love-you-said-coralin_596501.jpg) > [Coraline wondered why so few of the adults she met made any sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/coraline-wondered-why-so-few-of-the-adults-she-met-made-any-sense/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/neil-gaiman-29_adults_coraline-wondered-why-so-few-of-the-adul_3168046.jpg) > [It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-seemed-to-coraline-that-it-was-crouching-and-staring-down-at-her/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/neil-gaiman-29_certain_it-seemed-to-coraline-that-it-was-crouch_1880380.jpg) > [We are small but we are many We are many we are small We were here before you rose We will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/we-are-small-but-we-are-many-we-are-many-we-are-small-we-were-here/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_we-are-small-but-we-are-many-we-are-many_320971.jpg) > [It won't hurt, said her other father. Coraline knew that when grown-ups told you something wouldn't hurt it almost always did. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-won-t-hurt-said-her-other-father-coraline-knew-that-when-grown-ups/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_it-won-t-hurt-said-her-other-father-cora_1901443.jpg) > [She smiled at Coraline, as if it had been a very long time since she had smiled and she had almost, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-smiled-at-coraline-as-if-it-had-been-a-very-long-time-since-she/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_she-smiled-at-coraline-as-if-it-had-been_759821.jpg) > [“I'm an explorer, -thought Coraline to herself.- And I need all the ways out of here that I can get. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-an-explorer-thought-coraline-to-herself-and-i-need-all-the-ways/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_i-m-an-explorer-thought-coraline-to-hers_1961461.jpg) > [Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/coraline-shivered-she-preferred-her-other-mother-to-have-a-location/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_coraline-shivered-she-preferred-her-othe_3137058.jpg) > [You know I love you,' said the other mother flatly. 'You have a very funny way of showing it,' said Coraline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-know-i-love-you-said-the-other-mother-flatly-you-have-a-very/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_you-know-i-love-you-said-the-other-mothe_3226793.jpg) > [Now Coraline," said Miss Spink, "what's your name?" "Coraline," said Coraline. "And we don't know each other, do we?" Coraline looked at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/now-coraline-said-miss-spink-what-s-your-name-coraline-said-coraline/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/neil-gaiman-29_black_now-coraline-said-miss-spink-what-s-your_1526835.jpg) > [What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?' 'Cats don't have names,' it said. 'No?' said Coraline. 'No,' said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-s-your-name-coraline-asked-the-cat-look-i-m-coraline-okay-cats/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/neil-gaiman-29_cat_what-s-your-name-coraline-asked-the-cat_984412.jpg) > [Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly. "Would you like one?" she asked the little dog. "Yes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/coraline-opened-the-box-of-chocolates-the-dog-looked-at-them/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/neil-gaiman-29_box-of-chocolates_coraline-opened-the-box-of-chocolates-th_2050597.jpg) > [How big are souls anyway?" asked Coraline. The other mother sat down at the kitchen table and leaned against the back wall,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/how-big-are-souls-anyway-asked-coraline-the-other-mother-sat-down-at/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/neil-gaiman-29_bigs_how-big-are-souls-anyway-asked-coraline_2511776.jpg) > [On the first day Coraline's family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/on-the-first-day-coraline-s-family-moved-in-miss-spink-and-miss/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_on-the-first-day-coraline-s-family-moved_2471253.jpg) > [But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?" "Easy," said the cat. "Think of somebody walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/but-how-can-you-walk-away-from-something-and-still-come-back-to-it-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/neil-gaiman-29_around-the-world_but-how-can-you-walk-away-from-something_1695383.jpg) > [“And then, in a skittering, chittering rush, it came. The hand, running high on its fingertips, scrabbled through the tall grass and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/and-then-in-a-skittering-chittering-rush-it-came-the-hand-running/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_and-then-in-a-skittering-chittering-rush_335350.jpg) > [You know that I love you." And despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true. The other mother loved her. But she loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-know-that-i-love-you-and-despite-herself-coraline-nodded-it-was-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/neil-gaiman-29_amusing_you-know-that-i-love-you-and-despite-her_1642228.jpg) > [“There," she said, waving her hands at the corridor. The expression of delight on her face was a very bad thing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-she-said-waving-her-hands-at-the-corridor-the-expression-of/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/neil-gaiman-29_bad-thing_there-she-said-waving-her-hands-at-the-c_2768047.jpg) > [“Cats don’t have names,” it said. “No?” said Coraline. “No,” said the cat. “Now, you people have names. That’s because you don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/cats-don-t-have-names-it-said-no-said-coraline-no-said-the-cat-now/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/neil-gaiman-29_cat_cats-don-t-have-names-it-said-no-said-co_1078533.jpg) > [She sat down on one of her grandmother's uncomfortable armchairs, and the cat sprang up into her lap and made itself comfortable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-sat-down-on-one-of-her-grandmother-s-uncomfortable-armchairs-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/neil-gaiman-29_afternoon_she-sat-down-on-one-of-her-grandmother-s_2644798.jpg) > [For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/for-tea-she-went-down-to-see-misses-spink-and-forcible-she-had-three/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/neil-gaiman-29_biscuits_for-tea-she-went-down-to-see-misses-spin_356949.jpg) > [I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-was-kidnapped-by-aliens-they-came-down-from-outer-space-with-ray/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4e/neil-gaiman-29_accents_i-was-kidnapped-by-aliens-they-came-down_2216430.jpg) > [How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline. "I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/how-do-i-know-you-ll-keep-your-word-asked-coraline-i-swear-it-said/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_how-do-i-know-you-ll-keep-your-word-aske_2809298.jpg) > [You know that I love you." And despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true. The other mother loved her. But she loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-know-that-i-love-you-and-despite-herself-coraline-nodded-it-was/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/neil-gaiman-29_amusing_you-know-that-i-love-you-and-despite-her_369734.jpg) > [Why does she want me?" Coraline asked the cat. "Why does she want me to stay here with her?" "She wants something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/why-does-she-want-me-coraline-asked-the-cat-why-does-she-want-me-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/neil-gaiman-29_animals_why-does-she-want-me-coraline-asked-the_2370567.jpg) ## More by Neil Gaiman > [“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-talk-about-books-that-write-themselves-and-it-s-a-lie-books/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-all-sentient-beings-fat-charlie-had-a-weirdness-quotient-for/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-crawled-across-the-floor-to-the-yellow-foam-rubber-pad-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [ “\[T\]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/t-hey-could-not-help-being-amused-every-time-another-little-human/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [So many things to see, people to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-many-things-to-see-people-to-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ – Ben Franklin,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/three-may-keep-a-secret-if-two-of-them-are-dead-ben-franklin/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-need-more-than-a-beginning-if-you-re-going-to-start-a-book-if-all/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-tell-the-date-of-an-old-science-fiction-novel-by-every-word/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“The quickest way is sometimes the longest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-quickest-way-is-sometimes-the-longest/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/they-were-spells-spelled-with-words-to-make-worlds-waiting-for-me-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/finish-what-you-re-writing-whatever-you-have-to-do-to-finish-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [What do stars do? They shine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-do-stars-do-they-shine/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“What," asked Mr Croup, "do you want?" "What," asked the Marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?" "Dead things," suggested Mr…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-asked-mr-croup-do-you-want-what-asked-the-marquis-de-carabas-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-on-with-your-own-life-lettie-gave-it-to-you-you-just-have-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/eyes-will-not-see-you-minds-will-not-hold-you-where-you-are-is/) [neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coraline/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "29 Coraline Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't make me love you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-t-make-me-love-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_you-can-t-make-me-love-you-2900834_2900834.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_you-can-t-make-me-love-you-2900834_2900834.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_you-can-t-make-me-love-you-2900834_2900834.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't make me love you.” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I will be brave, thought Coraline. 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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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/coraline-opened-the-box-of-chocolates-the-dog-looked-at-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/neil-gaiman-29_box-of-chocolates_coraline-opened-the-box-of-chocolates-th_2050597.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/neil-gaiman-29_box-of-chocolates_coraline-opened-the-box-of-chocolates-th_2050597.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/neil-gaiman-29_box-of-chocolates_coraline-opened-the-box-of-chocolates-th_2050597.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Coraline opened the box of chocolates. 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The hand, running high on its fingertips, scrabbled through the tall grass and up onto a tree stump. It stood there for a moment, like crab tasting the air, and then it made one triumphant, nail-clacking leap onto the center of the tablecloth. Time slowed for Coraline. The white fingers closed around the black key…”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/and-then-in-a-skittering-chittering-rush-it-came-the-hand-running/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_and-then-in-a-skittering-chittering-rush_335350.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_and-then-in-a-skittering-chittering-rush_335350.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_and-then-in-a-skittering-chittering-rush_335350.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And then, in a skittering, chittering rush, it came. 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A tolerated pet, whose behavior was no longer amusing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-know-that-i-love-you-and-despite-herself-coraline-nodded-it-was-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/neil-gaiman-29_amusing_you-know-that-i-love-you-and-despite-her_1642228.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/neil-gaiman-29_amusing_you-know-that-i-love-you-and-despite-her_1642228.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/neil-gaiman-29_amusing_you-know-that-i-love-you-and-despite-her_1642228.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know that I love you.\" And despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true. 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Nothing, she thought, had ever been so interesting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-sat-down-on-one-of-her-grandmother-s-uncomfortable-armchairs-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/neil-gaiman-29_afternoon_she-sat-down-on-one-of-her-grandmother-s_2644798.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/neil-gaiman-29_afternoon_she-sat-down-on-one-of-her-grandmother-s_2644798.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/neil-gaiman-29_afternoon_she-sat-down-on-one-of-her-grandmother-s_2644798.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She sat down on one of her grandmother's uncomfortable armchairs, and the cat sprang up into her lap and…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. 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