Quotes by Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

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You should always listen to minotaurs. Anybody with four stomachs has to have a firm grip on reality. — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
Marriage is a wrestling match where you hold on tight while your mate changes into a hundred different things. The trick — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
It's a dreadful world with only your own heart to drive you. — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
I was meeting a mountain. I meant to kiss her in secret. I meant to wed her under the midnight dark. The prettiest mount — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
But the trick most folk are so awfully fond of learning, the absolute second they've got hold of a heart, is to pretend — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
A heart can learn ever so many tricks, and what sort of beast it becomes depends greatly upon whether it has been taught — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
you have to have the right sort of stone. Peridot for mothers, girasol for lovers, sapphire for sadness, and garnet for — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
Shall I tell her? Shall I be a kind and merciful narrator and take our girl aside? Shall I touch her new, red heart and — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
September tried to show her sternness. It was becoming a habit. She could show her sternness and think about this anothe — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
You haven't met your Way yet. It hasn't so much as kissed your hand! You haven't even at the door of the hall where your — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
But the trouble is, I do want to be surprised. I want to choose. I broke the heart of my fate so that I could choose. I — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
All money is imaginary," answered the Calcatrix simply. "Money is magic everyone agrees to pretend is not magic. Observe — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
September suddenly realized something. "But Ell, Orrery begins with O! How can you know so much about it?"The Wyverary s — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
You can't trust just any old person who comes along with a hundred puffins and a pretty face! — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
Everyone has their invisible cloak of all things past. — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
When you argue with verve in your saddlebags, you are extremely alive. That is why you yell and holler and shake your fi — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
That is the trouble with standing up to people, of course. Once you start doing it, you can hardly stop. — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
All Librarians are Secret Masters of Severe Magic. Goes with the territory. — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
Time is the only magic, he said, "And Marids swim through time like the sea. Think: if you hurt yourself, and I bandage — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
A Bank is but a college of Fiscal Magic. — Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two