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Fierce was her needle, and she wore it like a sword.
Catherynne M. Valente
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Catherynne M. Valente
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: May 5
Literary Critic
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Why should he be spared?' 'Someone ought to be.' And it will not be me. I have survived, but I have not been spared.
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An equation is a prophecy that always comes true.
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In his own country, Death can be kind.
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I have all the books I could need, and what more could I need than books?
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...For grace may only be found briefly, and always in the midst of madness.
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Men die. It's practically what they're for.
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Blue is for cruel bargains green is for daring what you oughtn’t violet is for brute force. I will say to you: Coral coaxes pink insists red compels. I will say to you: You are dear to me as attar of roses. Please do not get eaten.
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Even if you’ve taken off every stitch of clothing, you still have your secrets, your history, your true name. It’s hard to be really naked. You have to work hard at it. Just getting into a bath isn’t being naked, not really. It’s just showing skin.
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Koschei, Koschei,” she whispered. “What would I have been if I had never seen the birds? I am no one I am nothing. I am a blank paper on which you and your magic wrote a girl. Just the kind of girl you wanted, all hungry and hurt and needing. A machine for loving you. Nothing in me was not made by you.
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