The old order, it is good for the old. A farmer wants his son to be afraid of beautiful women, so that he will not leave home too soon, so he tells a story about how one drowned his brother’s cousin’s friend in a lake, not because he was a pig who deserved to be drowned, but because beautiful women are bad, and also witches. And it doesn’t matter that she didn’t ask to be beautiful, or to be born in a lake, or to live forever, or to not know how men breathe until they stop doing it.
After love, no one is what they were before. - Catherynne M. Valente
After love, no one is what they were before.
- Catherynne M. Valente
All things are strange which are worth knowing. - Catherynne M. Valente
All things are strange which are worth knowing.
Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch. - Catherynne M. Valente
Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch.
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
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…
When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier. - Catherynne M. Valente
When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier.
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
A library is never complete. That’s the joy of it. We are always seeking one more book to add to our collection.
I am freedom and I will eat your heart - Catherynne M. Valente
I am freedom and I will eat your heart
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
At the bottom of philosophy something very true and very desperate whispers: Everyone is hungry all the time. Everyone is starving. Everyone wants so…
Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars. - Catherynne M. Valente
Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.
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