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Very Quotes by Catherynne M. Valente
- At the bottom of philosophy something very true and very desperate whispers: Everyone is hungry all the time. Everyone is starving. Everyone wants so much,…
- ... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so…
- Marya Morevna! Don't you know anything? Girls must be very, very careful to care only for ribbons and magazines and wedding rings. They must sweep…
- All children are heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking things and leap…
- Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it's the fright that makes them splendid at all.
- 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 are…
- I have made calculations that would beggar your soul. What is it that villains always say at the end of stories? You and I are…
- I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Prince—value A—to kill monsters—value B—for the purpose of establishing order—value…
- I don’t want to be a Princess,” she said finally. “You can’t make me be one.” She knew very well what became of Princesses, as…
- This is what comes of having a heart, even a very small and young one. It causes no end of trouble, and that’s the truth.
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