" She flipped through a book her mother was reading about native people in a distant country, how everyday they would take pieces of white silk and draw on them in wax, then dip the silks in dye, then draw on them more in wax and dye them some more, then boil the wax out in hot water, and then finally, throw the now beautiful cloths on a fire and burn them to ash.

It seemed particularly pointless to Coraline, but she hoped that the people enjoyed it. "

― , Coraline