Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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But we had young turnips and mustard greens in our befuddled stomach that day, and these things make bravery.
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Didn't you know? All stepmothers are witches. It is our compensation for remaining forever an intruder in another woman's house.
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Oh, come on, you must know ‘Leave It Black.’ I see a black door and I’m extremely satisfied with how it looks?
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In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.
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War must always be done out of sight, it shocks people and they stop immediately.
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But I’ve brought you to the snow, and the snow is the beginning and the end of everything, everyone knows that.
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Do you understand Christ to be more like an ox (excuse us, three oxen) or more like a door?
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"I do believe everyone in Fairyland-Below is royalty!" September exclaimed. "Queens and Princes and Vicereines and Emperors - it's like visiting Europe!
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Chicago at the time owned a lake the size of a sea, several advertising firms, at least six tribes of marauding criminals, healthy herds of sailors grazing free, the first Ferris wheel in all the world, and more wind than it could care for.
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Now, in the Kingdom of School, to be asked into another child's room is like being asked inside their heart.
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She was ... unhappy. It was part of her, you could not separate her from it. She was sad the way a horse is strong or a bird flies.
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Your past’s a private matter, sweetheart. You just keep it locked up in a box where it can’t hurt anyone.
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Bad luck relies absolutely on perfect timing
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You will live as you live in any world...With difficulty, and grief.
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Falling in love is embarrassing. It is not hardcore. It is not part of the scene.
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If one did not have at least a little luck, one would never survive childhood. But luck can be spent, like money; and lost, like a memory; and wasted, like a life.
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After so long keeping to herself and tending her secret quietly, all these words just bubbled up out of her her like cool golden champagne.
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Everything looks like magic when you don’t understand it.
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Why should I care about you first kiss,' he said. 'You can kiss anyone you like. But sometimes if you wanted to kiss me, that would be all right, too.
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It’s a funny thing. You go your whole life thinking you’re the protagonist, but really, you’re just backstory.
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Just because it's imaginary doesn't mean it isn't real.
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War must always be done out of sight, or it shocks people and they stop immediately.
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... but as has been said, September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying.
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We are a Body of contradiction, flesh-full and fleshless.