Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

September shut her eyes several times and opened them again, just to be sure, just to be certain she was back in Fairyland, that she wasn’t simply knocked silly by her fall.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• September shut her eyes several times and opened them again, just to be sure, just to be certain she was back in Fairyland, that she wasn’t simply knocked silly by her fall.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Eyes
  • Back
  • September