"I am the most miserable person who ever lived," he said... "You are young, and in love," said Primus. "Every young man in your position is the most … - Neil Gaiman

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.

"The little folk dare anything", said his friend. "And they talk a lot of nonsense. But they talks an awful lot of sense, as well. You listen to 'em at your peril, and you ignore 'em at your peril, too."

I have always felt that violence was the last refuge of the incompetent, and empty threats the last sanctuary of the terminally inept.