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

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

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  3. Perhaps memory is a thing that everyone involved has to work at, like stitching up a big quilt out of everything that ever happened to you. – Catherynne M Valente
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  38. Any story told is a lie cunningly told to hide the real world from the poor bastards who live in it. – Catherynne M Valente
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