896 Quotes by Catherynne M. Valente

She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both in pie and out; orange juice; marmalade. Orange is bright and demanding. You can't ignore orange things. She once saw an orange parrot in the pet store and had never wanted anything so much in her life. She would have named it Halloween and fed it butterscotch. Her mother said butterscotch would make a bird sick and, besides, the dog would certainly eat it up. September never spoke to the dog again — on principle.

But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized, and can only attract their like.

An equation is a prophecy that always comes true.

Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You'll never wish you'd held back a little more.

You know how questing goes. You can’t explain it to anyone else; it would be like telling them your dreams.

It’s like Goguenar’s Fourth General Unkillable Fact says: Everyone’s always saying love is the element that binds the universe together, but that’s a load of bollocks; It’s convenience.

When you argue with verve in your saddlebags, you are extremely alive. That is why you yell and holler and shake your fist – could there be anything sweeter than convincing someone to see the world your way? What else is talking for, or jokes, or stories, or battles? The Loudest Magic, and how I loved it.

Mug your destiny in an alley and punch it until it gives you what you want.

Your past’s a private matter, sweetheart. You just keep it locked up in xbox where it can’t hurt anyone.