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It is best in the end to let women see to their own vengeance.
Catherynne M. Valente
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Catherynne M. Valente
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: May 5
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Seattle
Washington
Cat Valente
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Vengeance
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Women
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...For grace may only be found briefly, and always in the midst of madness.
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When I saw him I thought I could curl up inside him and go to sleep and never wake up. Men are no good for that, Masha. They'll always want you working, when you're not softening their fall into bed at the end of the day.
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That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for.
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And if they thought her aimless, if they thought her a bit mad, let them. It meant they left her alone. Marya was not aimless, anyway. She was thinking.
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