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Catherynne M Valente Quotes

... snow is the beginning and the end of everything Picture Quote #1

He missed you like a fish in a bowl misses the open sea Picture Quote #1

Someone ought to write a novel about me Picture Quote #1

After love, no one is what they were before Picture Quote #1

Monsters almost always are culture’s way of working out their fears Picture Quote #1

All jobs are odd, or they would be games or naps or picnics Picture Quote #1

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Monsters almost always are culture’s way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful Picture Quote #1

No matter what you write, you actually can’t help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way Picture Quote #1

Vampires should be pretty much like mean girls, all the time, only amazing at it. Flawless. They’ve had time Picture Quote #1

I try to hurt myself, to sprain something, writing every novel and story, because I’m stretching for something new and difficult that I haven’t done before Picture Quote #1

I’m very touchy feely with my fandom, in part because they’ve never done me wrong or hurt me in any way. This is an awesome balance. I hope it stays that way forever Picture Quote #1

We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly Picture Quote #1

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... but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying Picture Quote #1

Readers will always insist on adventures, and though you can have grief without adventures, you cannot have adventures without grief Picture Quote #1

Things that are unsightly: birthmarks, infidelity, strangers in one’s kitchen. Too much sunlight. Stitches. Missing teeth. Overlong guests Picture Quote #1

When little ones say they want to go home, they almost never mean it. They mean they are tired of this particular game and would like to start another Picture Quote #1

Humanity lived many years and ruled the earth, sometimes wisely, sometimes well, but mostly neither Picture Quote #1

Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it’s the fright that makes them splendid at all Picture Quote #1

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But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized, and can only attract their like Picture Quote #1

Temptation likes best those who think they have a natural immunity, for it may laugh all the harder when they succumb Picture Quote #1

If one did not have at least a little luck, one would never survive childhood. But luck can be spent, like money; and lost, like a memory; and wasted, like a life Picture Quote #1

You know how we can be about things which sparkle and shine. We imagine they will put back something of what has been lost Picture Quote #1

He tried to reconstruct the story in his mind, but it kept getting confused, bleeding into itself like watercolors Picture Quote #1

I perceive that you have a cruel heart, my child. It lies within your breast like a smoldering blade, hissing steam at me Picture Quote #1

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We all have someone we think shines so much more than we do that we are not even a moon to their sun, but a dead little rock floating in space next to their gold and their blaze Picture Quote #1

Whenever one does extraordinary things, someone is bound to try to repeat them for themselves. It’s the way of the world Picture Quote #1

I hope, in years to come, I shall hold my heart up and it will be a pane of clear glass, through which I see all, but nothing is distorted Picture Quote #1

…everything has a narrative, really, and if you can’t understand a story and relate to it, figure out how you fit inside it, you’re not really alive at all Picture Quote #1

You were so near death that ghosts crowded around you, weeping silver tears, waiting for you with such smiles. You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews Picture Quote #1

At the snowy summit of all these things, however, is the fact that you simply cannot go about locking your siblings in towers when they misbehave. It is unseemly and betrays a sad lack of creativity Picture Quote #1

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... snow is the beginning and the end of everything (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) He missed you like a fish in a bowl misses the open sea (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Someone ought to write a novel about me (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) After love, no one is what they were before (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Monsters almost always are culture’s way of working out their fears (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) All jobs are odd, or they would be games or naps or picnics (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Monsters almost always are culture’s way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) No matter what you write, you actually can’t help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Vampires should be pretty much like mean girls, all the time, only amazing at it. Flawless. They’ve had time (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) I try to hurt myself, to sprain something, writing every novel and story, because I’m stretching for something new and difficult that I haven’t done before (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) I’m very touchy feely with my fandom, in part because they’ve never done me wrong or hurt me in any way. This is an awesome balance. I hope it stays that way forever (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) ... but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Readers will always insist on adventures, and though you can have grief without adventures, you cannot have adventures without grief (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Things that are unsightly: birthmarks, infidelity, strangers in one’s kitchen. Too much sunlight. Stitches. Missing teeth. Overlong guests (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) When little ones say they want to go home, they almost never mean it. They mean they are tired of this particular game and would like to start another (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Humanity lived many years and ruled the earth, sometimes wisely, sometimes well, but mostly neither (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it’s the fright that makes them splendid at all (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized, and can only attract their like (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Temptation likes best those who think they have a natural immunity, for it may laugh all the harder when they succumb (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) If one did not have at least a little luck, one would never survive childhood. But luck can be spent, like money; and lost, like a memory; and wasted, like a life (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) You know how we can be about things which sparkle and shine. We imagine they will put back something of what has been lost (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) He tried to reconstruct the story in his mind, but it kept getting confused, bleeding into itself like watercolors (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) I perceive that you have a cruel heart, my child. It lies within your breast like a smoldering blade, hissing steam at me (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) We all have someone we think shines so much more than we do that we are not even a moon to their sun, but a dead little rock floating in space next to their gold and their blaze (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) Whenever one does extraordinary things, someone is bound to try to repeat them for themselves. It’s the way of the world (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) I hope, in years to come, I shall hold my heart up and it will be a pane of clear glass, through which I see all, but nothing is distorted (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) …everything has a narrative, really, and if you can’t understand a story and relate to it, figure out how you fit inside it, you’re not really alive at all (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) You were so near death that ghosts crowded around you, weeping silver tears, waiting for you with such smiles. You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews (Catherynne M Valente Quotes) At the snowy summit of all these things, however, is the fact that you simply cannot go about locking your siblings in towers when they misbehave. It is unseemly and betrays a sad lack of creativity (Catherynne M Valente Quotes)

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