Catherynne M. Valente

Relationships Quotes

... relationships required such vigilance, such attention. You had to hold them together by force of will, and other people took up so much space, demanded so much time. It was exhausting. -
Catherynne M. Valente
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Death Quotes

And as we watched, the Tsar of Death lifted up his eyelids like skirts and began to dance in the streets of Leningrad. -
Catherynne M. Valente

Death Quotes

Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen. -
Catherynne M. Valente
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Relationships Quotes

It is harder, usually, to find a person who wants to walk the streets of me, to taste the teas of my country, to... immigrate, you could say. -
Catherynne M. Valente

Friendship Quotes

That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for. -
Catherynne M. Valente
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Truth Quotes

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. -
Catherynne M. Valente