Quotes by : Catherynne M. Valente

Children make prayers so thoughtlessly, building them up like sand castles—and they are always surprised....

Don't be superior. Everyone drinks blood. Blood is a word that means alive. You can do without almost....

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

Finally, she said: “I’m lonely” — it’s weird but you tell the wolves things, sometimes. You....

Here’s something I bet you don’t know: every time someone writes a story about a dragon a real dragon....

So most people go around with grimy machinery, when all it would take is a bit of spit and polish to....

Living alone,' November whispered, 'is a skill, like running long distance or programming old computers.....

You'll forgive the flowery talk, won't you? Our family does so love to be told they are beautiful. Vanity....

That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for.

But as you get older, your courage attracts gunk and crusty things and dirt and fear and knowing how....