Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

Wife sounded like something exciting, something daring, something a bit scoundrelly, like pirate or bandit. And they were bandits, of course.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• Wife sounded like something exciting, something daring, something a bit scoundrelly, like pirate or bandit. And they were bandits, of course.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Wife
  • Exciting
  • Sounded