Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Sometimes, magic is like that. It lands on your head like a piano, a stupid, ancient, unfunny joke, and you spend the rest of your life picking sharps and flats out of your hair.
Quotes to Explore
-
I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
-
I've always wanted my own fragrance; Avon pairs with the way I think: what they do and represent, what they do for women, and the good causes such as domestic violence, and breast cancer.
-
I'm a little angry in life.
-
I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
-
I'm happiest when I'm moving.
-
I am a very selfish person.
-
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
-
'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.
-
I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.
-
I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
-
I kind of always struggled writing in Malay, because Malay is such a beautiful language. And it gets really hard, you know, if you want to make it into a song. You have to make it sound beautiful, use the right words.
-
I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.
-
The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.
-
I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
-
I think we need to be sexy and kind of mysterious and still pretty and beautiful. I like to hear that when a man sings. I don't really want to hear about taking my clothes off.
-
It's properly scary playing a leading man. Growing up, I always wanted to be a character actor.
-
Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.
-
When you play, it's like you know that there are people out there who are hearing it for the first time, and I think that's really important.
-
Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
-
It's going to be a big topic of discussion.
-
Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.
-
About a minute-and-a-half to go. He goes on a down-and-in pass. As soon as he caught it, I really puffed him, and his head snapped and the ball flew, and Chuck Weber fell on it. I clenched my fist, I turned around, and I closed my eyes and I said, 'This f-in game is over.'
-
Sometimes, magic is like that. It lands on your head like a piano, a stupid, ancient, unfunny joke, and you spend the rest of your life picking sharps and flats out of your hair.
