Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

Of late, she had felt coldness in herself, and though she feared it, she loved it too, for it made her strong.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements of time, the unknown, cause and effect, fear, scenic and architectural beauty, and other seemingly ill-assorted things) which persist in clamouring for expression.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
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  • Fear

• When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

  

  Napoleon Hill
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  • Enough
  • Achieve

• Donald Trump has made it clear that he regards Hungary highly.

  

  Viktor Orban
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  • Made
  • Clear

• I've always had a strong start, but the start in boardercross is so important. And if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.

  

  Nate Holland
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  • Better

• The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
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• Before we start filming, I have a strong idea of the look and the feel that I want to create, and I'm happy to explore any means that will help me achieve that.

  

  Daniel Barber
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• What's really important? That I'm an individual, I guess. I am an individual - a strong one, too. I'm Natalie Cole. I gotta be me.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Important
  • Strong
  • Individual

• I grew up in Haifa and enjoyed the wonderful beaches and Mount Carmel that rolls into the Mediterranean Sea. From my early days at home, I remember a strong encouragement to study.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • Up
  • Home
  • Remember

• I think it comes from far away inside me, to be strong to survive everything that comes my way. I think, going back to the beginning, feeling like an alien in an English school when I was eight, that set up my pride very early on. I think I'm very defensive, but I'm trying not to be like that anymore.

  

  Maggie Cheung
  • Up
  • Trying
  • School

• For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

  

  Xenophon
  • Strong
  • Water
  • Beer

• Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Strong
  • Peace
  • Leadership

• A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

  

  Tecumseh
  • Strong
  • Single
  • Strength

• There are such strong women in my life that there's no chance of me getting too big for my boots.

  

  Jack Lowden
  • Life
  • Women
  • Strong

• In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • World
  • Strong
  • Water

• The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you bet.

  

  Damon Runyon
  • May
  • Strong
  • Victory

• Reaper of enemies; strong of grip; One kind with his fathers.

  

  Taliesin
  • Strong
  • Kind
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• Good and strong will. Mechanism must precede science (learning). Also in morals and religion? Too much discipline makes one narrow and kills proficiency. Politeness belongs, not to discipline, but to polish, and thus comes last.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Good
  • Science
  • Strong

• I can’t comment on Soundgarden because I know them personally and I really like them a lot, but I have strong feelings towards Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains and bands like that. They’re obviously just corporate puppets that are just trying to jump on the alternative bandwagon - and we are being lumped into that category.

  

  Kurt Cobain Nirvana
  • Trying
  • Strong
  • Jump

• I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.

  

  William Gibson
  • Character
  • Strong
  • Imagine

• Solar energy is bound to be in our future. There's a kind of inevitability about it.

  

  Jim Inhofe
  • Future
  • Energy

• When I reflect on the Colbert interview, it moved so quickly that what we didn't do was define white privilege, and I wish we had done that. White privilege is the benefit resulting from white being seen as the standard, regardless of gender and income.

  

  DeRay Mckesson
  • Done
  • Wish

• Whoever likes football always likes to see the best player on the pitch.

  

  Neymar
  • Football
  • Player

• The most violent expression of God's wrath and justice is seen in the Cross. If ever a person had room to complain for injustice, it was Jesus. He was the only innocent man ever to be punished by God. If we stagger at the wrath of God, let us stagger at the Cross. Here is where our astonishment should be focused.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Justice
  • Jesus

• Of late, she had felt coldness in herself, and though she feared it, she loved it too, for it made her strong.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Strong
  • Made
  • Felt