Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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The Marsh King raised himself up and ushered me out the door with the air of a host who has just realized he is one guest away from a comfortable nap.
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I've always had enough, even if my enough and your enough are as different as an elephant and a minaret.
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I thought that for a long while, but you chose me, and then you chose him, and choosing is hard - one choice is never the end of the story.
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I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books?
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Everyone Is Looking for a Book Strong Enough to Change Them.
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What mirrors we are, set to face each other, reflecting desire.
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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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I savor bitterness - it is born of experience. It is the privilege of one who has truly lived. You, too, must learn to prefer it. After all, when all else is gone, you may still have bitterness in abundance.
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That a clever person is never bored, and a bored person is never clever.
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Heroes in motion tend to stay in motion, but villains in motion tend toward mass destruction.
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Human contact is a terrible drug. Sometimes, you’ll even take the hit you know is tainted. You can’t stop yourself. The need is too strong.
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Never give up your voice for a man, you fucking guppy.
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Are you the only human in the world then? And all of the rest of us monsters?
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All tamed things are made a bit ridiculous in the process, you know.
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In the beginning there was Dust, and in the end there will be Dust, and in the middle there is Dust, Dust, Dust!
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...the beginning is where the end gets born.
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Honesty is such a nasty habit, dear. Like biting your nails.
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Things that begin and end in grief: marriage, harvest, childbirth. Journeys away from home. Journeys toward home. Surgeries. Love. Weeping.
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That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for.
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No one is now what they were before the war. There’s just no getting any of it back.
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Most people don’t like complexity. They would prefer the world to be simple.
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It's Survival of Them Who's Best at Nicking Things, girl!
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A body is never so vicious as when it has only itself to blame for its trouble.
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Up to no good may mean up to something interesting!