Quotes by : Catherynne M. Valente

I shall be as brave as a my Toad, he thought, for my Toad never hides under the bed when she is afraid....

It is harder, usually, to find a person who wants to walk the streets of me, to taste the teas of my....

Every cat knows how to keep his owner feeding them: You may scratch and bite ninety-nine times, but the....

The worst thing in the world is having to go back to the dark you shook off.

Towns can be cruel and vicious -- and sorry. In the wood, in the clearing, in the sun, we will one day....

The Marquess shrugged. “I’m a shadow. I do know I am a shadow, Iago. I know most of the time. It’s....

I got a heart like a half bottle of no-label whiskey.Nothing to brag on,but enough for you, and all your....

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....