How do I know you'll keep your word? asked Coraline. I swear it, said …

Neil Gaiman
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How do I know you'll keep your word? asked Coraline. I swear it, said the other mother. I swear it on my own mother's grave. Does she have a grave? asked Coraline. Oh yes, said the other mother. I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back. ✨ Neil Gaiman (2012). Coraline, p.111, Bloomsbury Publishing
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