Catherynne M. Valente Quotes

United States, Writer
May 5, 1979

Catherynne M. Valente is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. For her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, the World Fantasy Award–winning anthologies Salon Fantastique and Paper Cities, along with numerous Year's Best volumes. Her critical work has appeared in the International Journal of the Humanities as well as in numerous essay collections.

Also known as Poet

Magic is just a word for what’s left to the powerless once everyone else has eaten their fill.

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- Magic
- Word
- Left
That is what happens when a person lives alone for so long - no one else can change their ways.

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- Alone
- Person
- Happens

When the world changes, it stashes us away where we can't make it run the other way again.

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The only price in the world that matters is the one that hurts to pay.

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- Pay
- Price
- Matters
You can't blame a book for its story.

Catherynne M. Valente
- Book
- Story
- Blame
But love is love, and love is compulsion. I must, and I do.

Catherynne M. Valente
- Love
- Compulsion
Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.

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- Question
- Journey
- Word
A thing too familiar becomes invisible.

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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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- Heart
- Child
- Win
Histories are instruments of oppression.

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Death hath no dominion.

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- Death
- No Dominion
How wonderful is ritual, what comfort in dark times!

Catherynne M. Valente
- Dark
- Times
- Comfort
The point's not what it costs; it's what it costs you. Everything you have. That's my price, that's my prize, that's my ransom, and that's my rune. The only price in the world that matters is the one that hurts to pay.

Catherynne M. Valente
- World
- Pay
- Price
Things I Will Try to Say More Often: Why? I love you. I’m sorry. May I have chocolate? Yes. yes. yes.

Catherynne M. Valente
- Love
- Sorry
- Say