After love, no one is what they were before.

- Catherynne M. Valente

Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.

- Catherynne M. Valente

Squeeze your eyes closed, as tight as you can, and think of all your favorite autumns, crisp and perfect, all bound up together like a stack of cards…

- Catherynne M. Valente

I am freedom and I will eat your heart

- Catherynne M. Valente

A library is never complete. That’s the joy of it. We are always seeking one more book to add to our collection.

- Catherynne M. Valente

When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier.

- Catherynne M. Valente

All things are strange which are worth knowing.

- 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…

- Catherynne M. Valente

Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.

- Catherynne M. Valente