Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

You can't say no if you don't have desires and opinions and wants of your own. You wouldn't even want to. No is the heart of thinking.

Catherynne M. Valente

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• You can't say no if you don't have desires and opinions and wants of your own. You wouldn't even want to. No is the heart of thinking.

  

  Catherynne M. Valente
  • Thinking
  • Own
  • Opinions