Цитаты из книги The Graveyard Book

"She used to call me Nimini. No one will ever call me that again"

That's the difference between the living and the dead, ennit? (...) The dead dun't disappoint you. They've had their lives, done what they've done. We dun't change. The living, they always disappoint you, dun't they? You meet a boy who's all brave and noble, and he grows up to run away...

Those that men call Werewolves or Lycanthropes call themselves the Hounds of God, as they claim their transformation is a gift from their creator, and they repay the gift with their tenacity, for they will pursue an evil-doer to the very gates of Hell.

«Книга джунглей» Р. Киплинга называется по-английски «The Jungle Book», эта — «The Graveyard Book». Параллели с киплинговскими историями очевидны, да и сам Гейман их не скрывает: Оуэнсы — волчья семья, приютившая Маугли; упыри — бандерлоги; Слир напоминает Змеиный народ; ну, а Сайлес — Багира (как известно, в оригинале у Киплинга пантера мужского пола).