Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Things I Will Try to Say More Often: Why? I love you. I’m sorry. May I have chocolate? Yes. yes. yes.
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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It is more important to know how to mix and match the clothes than to spend money.
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Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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The biggest killer of people is food.
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When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.
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As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.
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In time, the hurt began to fade and it was easier to just let it go. At least I thought it was. But in every boy I met in the next few years, I found myself looking for you, and when the feelings got too strong, I'd write you another letter. But I never sent them for fear of what I might find. By then, you'd gone on with your life and I didn't want to think about you loving someone else. I wanted to remember us like we were that summer. I didn't ever want to lose that.
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When you have too much scheme, sometimes it's hard to work on all the things you have to, and you can make effort the top priority of your game.
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There are a million studies that say the money you put into a kitchen and bath update you get back. That's one of those places you can't go wrong. It can be as simple as updating counters and a backsplash.
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You date people to practice and to learn and to grow. But for me, everything was always a hang-up, or there was something there that I felt was a bit off.
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Things I Will Try to Say More Often: Why? I love you. I’m sorry. May I have chocolate? Yes. yes. yes.
