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A girl in want of a Leopard still has feet.
Catherynne M. Valente
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Catherynne M. Valente
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: May 5
Literary Critic
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She was not filled up with the sight of him, the way she had seen her sisters fill up, like silk balloons, like wineskins. Instead, he seemed to land heavily within her, like a black stone falling.
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Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.
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Hearts set about finding other hearts the moment they are born, and between them, they weave nets so frightfully strong and tight that you end up bound forever in hopeless knots, even to the shadow of a beast you knew and loved long ago.
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Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it.
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...her cry is a hook and it catches me in the throat.
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You can never know how your clock runs. But it does run - and always faster than you think.
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And as we watched, the Tsar of Death lifted up his eyelids like skirts and began to dance in the streets of Leningrad.
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But her heart was so cold that she could hold ice in her mouth and it would never melt.
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Magic does that. It wastes you away. Once it grips you by the ear, the real world gets quieter and quieter, until you can hardly hear it at all.
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It is best in the end to let women see to their own vengeance.
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Your past's a private matter, sweetheart. You just keep it locked up in xbox where it can't hurt anyone.
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Her father’s shadow looked sadly down at her. “You can never forget what you do in a war, September my love. No one can. You won’t forget your war either.
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I savor bitterness - it is born of experience. It is the privilege of one who has truly lived.
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It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.
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Remember this when you are queen,” he whispered hoarsely. “I moved the earth and the water for you.
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The future is a messy, motley business, little girl.
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Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.
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War is not for winning, Masha, sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. It is for surviving.
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It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief-making, which is why governments are so fond of it.
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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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