“If a bird or any other beast comes out of that uncanny republic where husbands are grown, I will see him with… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Husbands lie, Masha. I should know; I've eaten my share. That's lesson one. Lesson number two: among the topics about which a… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“I ate all of my husbands. First I ate their love, then their will, then their despair, and then I made pies… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“CHYTERA: [...] May I... May I ask? You wear a wedding ring, but on the wrong hand. Indulge my curiosity? ERASMO: She… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Marya Morevna! Don't you know anything? Girls must be very, very careful to care only for ribbons and magazines and wedding rings.… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I will never be without information,' she determined. 'I will do better than my sisters. If a bird or any other beast… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Marriage is a wrestling match where you hold on tight while your mate changes into a hundred different things. The trick is… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Of course, Storm-Lord! But why would a god marry a poor farm girl?" asked one of the bound novices, his voice thin… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
A marriage is a private thing. It has its own wild laws, and secret histories, and savage acts, and what passes between… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Real life is all beginnings. Days, weeks, children, journeys, marriages, inventions. Even a murder is the beginning of a criminal. Perhaps even… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Marya put down her fork. “Why are you doing this, Koschei? I have had lovers before. You have, too. Remember Marina? The… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Rules or no rules, it was certainly better to see these things than not to see them. Marya felt that she had… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
When I saw him I thought I could curl up inside him and go to sleep and never wake up." "Men are no good… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
“You couldn't ever really fix a sad story. You could only make another. And another. And another, until you found the right one at… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
“He considers it for a moment and spits out the seeds, which sprout, quickly, into tiny junkblossoms sizzling with recursive algorithms. The algorithms wriggle… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
“Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails.” — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
“The cicada lies in the earth for seventeen years. It is warm and dark there, it is soft and wet. Its little legs curl… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
Her heart was bruised by the kiss, smashed and surprised and unsettled by it. September thought kisses were all nice, sweet things asked for… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
“September put her hand on the grip of the Rivet Gun. She’d only just gotten it, and she’d promised to take copious notes for… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it. — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
“You see, the future is a kind of stew, a soup, a vichyssoise of the present and the past. That's how you get the… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
Fairy tales have always been about getting through the worst of everything, the darkest and the deepest and the bloodiest of events. They are… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
“There is a place, September, oh, very far from Pandemonium. A place where it is always autumn, where there is always cider and pumpkin… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
Who are you?" "I am Death," said the creature. "I thought that was obvious." "But you're so small!" "Only because you are small. You… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share
![“CHYTERA: [...] May I... May I ask? You wear a wedding ring, but on the wrong hand. Indulge my curiosity? ERASMO: She didn't want to get married. Doesn't mean I wasn't her husband.” quote by Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/34c/catherynne-m-valente-375_marriage_chytera-may-i-may-i-ask-you-wear-a-weddi_1000577.jpg)
