Coraline Courage Quotes Page 3
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| Quote #7 Perhaps there are no souls hidden in here, she thought. Perhaps I can just leave and go somewhere else. (8.79) |
Even brave little Coraline wishes she could run for it. Here she tries to figure out a way to get out of Miss Spink and Miss Forcible's theater.
| Quote #8 "I'm an explorer," said Coraline out loud, but her words sounded muffled and dead on the misty air. She had made it out of the cellar, hadn't she? (10.2) |
Saying "I'm an explorer" is sort of Coraline's mantra: it's a phrase she repeats to pump herself up. But here we get a good contrast between Coraline's strong words and the details the narrator provides about her muffled voice.
| Quote #9 Just stay there a few moment longer, she thought at it, wondering if it could hear her. I'll get us both home. I said I would. I promise. She felt the cat relax ever so slightly in her arms. (11.21) |
This is one of Coraline's bravest moments, we think. She sets aside her own fears to comfort the cat and give him courage, too.
