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Mr. Jones Quotes
Three of the best book quotes from Mr. Jones
#1
“Coraline shook her head. ‘Why don’t you play with me?’ she asked.
‘Busy,’ he said. ‘Working,’ he added. He still hadn’t turned around to look at her.”
author
Neil Gaiman
book
Coraline
characters
Coraline
Mr. Jones
concepts
family
disappointment
too busy
work
#2
“He had his back to her, but she knew, just on seeing him, that his eyes, when he turned around, would be her father’s kind gray eyes, and she crept over and kissed him on the back of his balding head.”
author
Neil Gaiman
book
Coraline
characters
Coraline
Mr. Jones
concepts
kissing
family
kind
eyes
#3
“Dinner was pizza, and even though it was homemade by her father [...] Coraline ate the entire slice she had been given.
Well, she ate everything except for the pineapple chunks.”
author
Neil Gaiman
book
Coraline
characters
Coraline
Mr. Jones
concepts
dinner
choices
homemade
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