Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
My master lit a candle in the long midwinter's past Now summer comes and all the fields are burning black and fast.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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I get plenty of, 'Is that song about me?' from men but I just tell them to get over themselves.
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If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.
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My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in.
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I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
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If others would but reflect on mathematical truths as deeply and as continuously as I have, they would make my discoveries.
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This cricket is like a burger, you can have it once a week but for a whole meal, you need to return to Test cricket. More than once a week, and it will give you a tummy ache.
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Music is nothing separate from me. It is me. I can't retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. You'd have to remove the music from me surgically - like you were taking out my appendix.
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Many gloat over their own troubles.
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I am the world's worst reporter. I am apt to try too hard to help rather than just document my subjects.
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I definitely am the sort of person that likes to be constantly learning things.
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As much as I enjoy seeing other guys do the superhero approach to the Batman universe, personally my own vision falls a bit left of center.
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My father was the youngest of six brothers, and he was the brains. I never thought he was making what he should have. He had to split it with five brothers. So I made up my mind: I was going to go on my own and make my own money.
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I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.
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You cannot travel within and stand still without.
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Demagogues always do well in economic downturns.
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So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.
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I felt that if I shared the lessons that I learned - both the good ones and the bad ones - that I might make the climb a little less painful for other women.
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People are not just going to bars and meeting people; they're connecting through social media.
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My master lit a candle in the long midwinter's past Now summer comes and all the fields are burning black and fast.
