The book Coraline by Neil Gaiman is about a girl who moves into a new flat with her parents. Secrets are hidden in the walls of the building, and she uncovers a mystical world similar to her own. She has to go through an adventure of evils and triumphs to set free souls and even her real parents who have been trapped by the evil Beldam.
“She will take your life and all you are and all you care’st for, and she will leave you with nothing but mist and fog. She’ll take your joy. And one day you’ll awake and your heart and your soul will have gone.” — The Ghost Children (Chapter 7, Page 49)
I chose this quote because I think it conveys how evil and cruel the beldam really is, she stole the soul and whole life and youth of these children. I see the beldam a lot like a predator just using these children’s souls for food as if they are prey. She slowly reels in these children with promises of love and happiness and in the end, deceives you and snatches your happiness back along with your soul.