Quotes by : Catherynne M. Valente

Let me tell you something, kid," said Mrs. H of Boston and Beacon Hill. "Magic is just a word for what's....

A book is a door into another place and another heart and another world.

I won't be one of the hundreds telling you that being alive flows like a story you write consciously,....

Robots are like Mars: they needgirls. Boys won't dothe memesoup is all wrong. They stompwhen they should....

Time is no one's friend--time has no social niceties and holds the door for nobody nowhere. But I hold....

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

A tale may have exactly three beginnings: one for the audience, one for the artist, and one for the poor....

The great blessing and great cruelty of youth is that there seems to be time enough.

September laughed and her laugh sounded like a roar; as if she had never been able to properly laugh....

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