Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
I said: I could be a wolf for you. I could put my teeth on your throat. I could growl. I could eat you whole. I could wait for you in the dark. I could howl against your hair.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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Being veterans of the struggle to push back against fundamentalist Christians, American liberals are well acquainted with the pitfalls of the neoconservative flirtation with the religious-right.
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I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.
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My record label always says you shouldn't talk about money because it makes people extremely uncomfortable. Refugees can't talk about money. Rappers can talk about money; refugees can't talk about money.
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The language of Europe is translation.
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I want to be the poster girl for engineers and computer nerds.
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You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.
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The players are coming to try every game, every weekend, so that the Manchester City people can be proud, and we will see what is our level to achieve our battles.
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Will I be a success? I don't know.
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My books always focus on the response of the characters to extreme events. As dark as they get, they are ultimately positive, uplifting books about children who take control of their lives and overcome great adversaries. I think that is why they have been so popular.
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There's something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.
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If you read any sort of, like, military general autobiographies or biographies, most of them never wanted to fight, you know? It's necessary. War is necessary.
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I priced my books at what I would want to spend on an electronic book.
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I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.
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If I were to reason like those who roll out red carpets, I would say we might have some repatriations from the City of London.
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I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing.
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You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.
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It's food too fine for angels, yet come, take and eat thy fill!
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I said: I could be a wolf for you. I could put my teeth on your throat. I could growl. I could eat you whole. I could wait for you in the dark. I could howl against your hair.
