Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You’ll never wish you’d held back a little more.

Catherynne M. Valente

• Never
• Silence
• Scared
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• Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You’ll never wish you’d held back a little more.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Never
  • Silence
  • Scared