Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • War
  • Surviving
  • Not Winning