Famous Catherynne M Valente Quotes

  • Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You’ll never wish you’d held back a little more. – Catherynne M Valente

    Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You’ll never wish you’d held back a little more.– Catherynne M Valente

  • We are halves, but we make an infinite whole. – Catherynne M Valente

    We are halves, but we make an infinite whole.– Catherynne M Valente

  • Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails. – Catherynne M Valente

    Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails.– Catherynne M Valente

  • It was at thirteen years old that Marya Morevna learned how to keep a secret, and that secrets are jealous things, permitting no fraternization. – Catherynne M Valente

    It was at thirteen years old that Marya Morevna learned how to keep a secret, and that secrets are jealous things, permitting no fraternization.– Catherynne M Valente

  • Now, in the Kingdom of School, to be asked into another child’s room is like being asked inside their heart. – Catherynne M Valente

    Now, in the Kingdom of School, to be asked into another child’s room is like being asked inside their heart.– Catherynne M Valente

  • How poor you are, September. You make my heart groan. I know about Homesickness. It begins with H. What will you do? – Catherynne M Valente

    How poor you are, September. You make my heart groan. I know about Homesickness. It begins with H. What will you do?– Catherynne M Valente

  • A tale may have exactly three beginnings: one for the audience, one for the artist, and one for the poor bastard who has to live in it. – Catherynne M Valente

    A tale may have exactly three beginnings: one for the audience, one for the artist, and one for the poor bastard who has to live in it.– Catherynne M Valente

  • Any story told is a lie cunningly told to hide the real world from the poor bastards who live in it. – Catherynne M Valente

    Any story told is a lie cunningly told to hide the real world from the poor bastards who live in it.– Catherynne M Valente

  • Storytelling can save you. Both the telling and the listening. – Catherynne M Valente

    Storytelling can save you. Both the telling and the listening.– Catherynne M Valente

  • Still life is boring. Never stand still! Jumping bean life! – Catherynne M Valente

    Still life is boring. Never stand still! Jumping bean life!– Catherynne M Valente