Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

I know real dirt looks nothing like this. Nothing like soft blood flecked with black bone.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• I know real dirt looks nothing like this. Nothing like soft blood flecked with black bone.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Nothing
  • Blood
  • Dirt