Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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Cocky don't say anything and that's as good as love right about now.
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The thing I hate about being dead is you can’t move on. I was in love with him when I died, so I’ll be in love with him till the sun burns out.
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What mirrors we are, set to face each other, reflecting desire.
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We all just keep moving, September. We keep moving until we stop.
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She's an old woman possessed of great powers - but aren't all old women possessed of great powers? Occupational hazard, I think.
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A library is never complete. That’s the joy of it. We are always seeking one more book to add to our collection.
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Histories are instruments of oppression.
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Things I Will Try to Say More Often: Why? I love you. I’m sorry. May I have chocolate? Yes. yes. yes.
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The body does the living; the shadow does the dreaming.
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All things are strange which are worth knowing.
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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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Death hath no dominion.
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But you’ve just never had better coffee than the fair-trade organic late-harvest darkest of dark roasts at a Voorpret espresso bar. And you don’t nuke that sort of thing from orbit. It’s just so hard to find a good cappuccino when you’re traveling.
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Punishment doesn't mean you aren't loved. On the contrary. You can only punish someone you love.
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You always trade blood for joy. It’s always a deal struck in the wet and the dark. Al didn’t make the rules. He just dances to the song that’s playing.
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So much light, sweet girl, begins in the dark.
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And that’s how you begin to win over a child. People who share a secret share a heart.
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You can’t kiss a girl into anything.
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Let us hold hands instead of let us hold kitchens. To say put our heads together and not put our parlors together. But it is not as simple as replacing words anymore. Ravan is gone. My hearth is broken.
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Monsters, you know, cannot appreciate the niceties of commandments carved in stone.
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Honesty is such a nasty habit, dear. Like biting your nails.
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A thing too familiar becomes invisible.
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This is how you learn to see: You put together a crew. No one can see a damn thing clearly with only two eyes.
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I love you, and I am your wife, and I forgive you of all the sins of this world, all the sins we invented just to commit within our cave. I love you ... In a world without end. I love you.