Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

Patience is always the last ingredient in any spell, the last part in any machine, what ever your original blue prints say.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• Patience is always the last ingredient in any spell, the last part in any machine, what ever your original blue prints say.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Patience
  • Last
  • Spell