Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

She long ago learned that if she waited and blinked and behaved like a pupil, eventually someone would lecture her on something.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• She long ago learned that if she waited and blinked and behaved like a pupil, eventually someone would lecture her on something.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
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