896 Quotes by Catherynne M. Valente

The Leucrotta looked appraisingly at Leander for a long while. “My skin, you say? I had not heard that it had any medicinal value, but if the Witch needs it, I must, as a gentleman and a monster, yield to her.” Both the Prince and the King started, shocked at the suggestion. “But we must have a battle!” insisted the Prince. “Don’t be ridiculous, boy. I would eviscerate you within a minute. Just take the skin and scurry back.

It is in the nature of winds to Snatch and Grasp at things, and Blow Them Away.

When the world changes, it stashes us away where we can’t make it run the other way again.

I’m not lost, because I haven’t any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I’d like to get lost, because then I’d know where I was going, you see.

I do not want to muddle about with Politicks, and whenever two Folk of any sort are in a room together there are always Politicks to be muddled in.

That’s what a map is, you know. Just a memory. Just a wish to go back home – someday, somehow.

This is how you learn to see: You put together a crew. No one can see a damn thing clearly with only two eyes.

Do you remember being born? Only a few can say they do and not be caught immediately in the lie, and most of them are wizards. I, of course, remember it perfectly. Certain benefits are granted to narrators as part of the hiring package, to compensate for our irregular hours and unsafe working conditions.

Everything in the world, it turns out, is escapable except economy.