Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

The Marsh King raised himself up and ushered me out the door with the air of a host who has just realized he is one guest away from a comfortable nap.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• When I walk into a Best Buy, I now see, right from the front door, a giant Apple logo. I see a giant Samsung logo. I see a giant Microsoft Windows logo. And those are stores within a store.

  

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  • Door
  • Walk

• Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.

  

  Walter Scott
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  • Door
  • Shadow

• I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Friends
  • Guy
  • Girl

• Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.

  

  Gail Sheehy
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• In a nutshell though, it's just all about opening up to the people that really care about my career and really listening to everybody who is listening to me. It's just made me stronger, to really be able to open up that door and listen to everybody else's opinions.

  

  Raekwon
  • People
  • Up
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• I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • People
  • Me
  • Door

• We open our door, and we are still committed to open our door for our brothers in Syria. But doesn't mean that we should not keep alone. The international community should really - should really share Lebanon the numbers of refugees and share Lebanon the cost of their living.

  

  Najib Mikati
  • Community
  • Alone
  • Door

• My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Door
  • Grandmother
  • Security System

• There is almost nothing more painful for a leader than seeing good people leave a growing organization, whether it's a priest watching a Sunday school teacher walk out the door or a CEO saying goodbye to a co-founder.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Good
  • School

• In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it's modern architecture.

  

  Nancy Banks Smith
  • Experience
  • Door
  • Architecture

• My mother was American, and my father was from the Caribbean, and there was a big open door into the world of humanity and music.

  

  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
  • World
  • Music
  • American

• As a leader, I believe it's important to have an open door with your staff. Those who want to learn and to grow in their careers will walk through that door and into your life. I encourage people to come and seek me out at 'Frontline' with good ideas, curiosity, and drive.

  

  Raney Aronson-Rath
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Work
  • Why
  • Father

• Reaching in, he wrapped the exposed wires around his fingers and ripped them out. The locks released, letting the door fall open a crack.'That’s what we call a Luddite hack.'

  

  Pat Cadigan
  • Fall
  • Door

• Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,-Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Door

• Always remember, Mr. Robarts, that when you go into an attorney's office door, you will have to pay for it, first or last.

  

  Anthony Trollope
  • Remember
  • Door

• If for thy Father askt, say, thou hadst none;And for thy Mother, she alas is poor,Which caus'd her thus to send thee out of door.

  

  Anne Bradstreet
  • She
  • Mother
  • Father

• Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its imprisonment. It takes time for the bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its cage.

  

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali
  • Time
  • Door
  • Bird

• I had always thought about running for high political office, and I was kind of waiting for the stars to line up. And, you know, they don't hold the door open for you. You kind of have to muscle your way in.

  

  Matt Cartwright
  • Up
  • High
  • Political

• We rarely recognize how wonderful it is that a person can traverse an entire lifetime without making a single really serious mistake - like putting a fork in one's eye or using a window instead of a door.

  

  Marvin Minsky
  • Single
  • Serious
  • Mistake

• Oh, come on, you must know ‘Leave It Black.’ I see a black door and I’m extremely satisfied with how it looks?

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Door
  • Looks
  • Satisfied

• And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people its not, but for me its a choice, and you dont get to define my gayness for me. A certain section of our community is very concerned that it not be seen as a choice, because if its a choice, then we could opt out. I say it doesnt matter if we flew here or we swam here, it matters that we are here and we are one group and let us stop trying to make a litmus test for who is considered gay and who is not.

  

  Cynthia Nixon
  • People
  • Trying
  • Community

• I've been asleep and I don't know if it's the same day or week or year, but who the hell cares anyway?

  

  Beatrice Sparks
  • Hell
  • Cares
  • Asleep

• The Marsh King raised himself up and ushered me out the door with the air of a host who has just realized he is one guest away from a comfortable nap.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Door
  • Host
  • Guest