"Astolaine Bombast, catalogue woman, ordered up like a……" — Catherynne M. Valente
"Astolaine Bombast, catalogue woman, ordered up like a rare steak, 'plees make shore she is pritty and a whyt gurl if you have enny'.Well, she's pritty enough for homesteading but takes no ribbons at the fair. After three dead babies that fellow wanted his money back, pack her up in a box and ship her east to the wife factory."
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Catherynne M. Valente
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237 Quotes by Catherynne M. Valente
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