Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

People are mostly happiest when they think they're just about to get the thing they want most. Before and after, they're all monsters.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

  

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• To be aware of others' accomplishments and the indebtedness we have to so many people is to appreciate and begin to respect all members of the human family.

  

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• I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.

  

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• Never let anybody get you down. Never give in to people who say nasty things on the Internet. Work to represent women in the best way possible because, even though respect and equality for women has progressed over time, it's still not in the place that it should be.

  

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• For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.

  

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• Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive.

  

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• People are mostly happiest when they think they're just about to get the thing they want most. Before and after, they're all monsters.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • People
  • Want
  • Get