Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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I am an ordinary person.
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While our corporatists burn incense at the shrine of the global economy, Trump went to visit the working-class casualties. And those forgotten Americans in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin responded.
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For fitness, I've just bought a watch which keeps a track of how many calories I burn, what's my heart rate, which is very fascinating.
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I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.
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No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
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I am one day going to be working openly in the motion picture industry. When that day comes, I swear to you that I will never sign a term contract with any major studio.
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Fire is always ready to burn the hand it warms.
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Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they love it.
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To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.
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I am what I am because of who we all are.
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Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind.
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Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor.
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Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.
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Manuscripts don't burn.
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A miserable, self-destructive, death rocker...better to burn out than to fade away.
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Adolescence is a plague on the senses.
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Yeah, I'm the 'new guy'.
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Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.
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O, the blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare!
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I am the plague which will burn through the marrow of the Anointed City.
