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All time is mean young man. It takes and does not give, it rushes when you wish it would linger and drags when you wish is would fly. It flows sullenly, only in one direction, when it might take a thousand turns. You cannot get anything back once time has taken it. Time cheats and steals and lies and kills. If anyone could arrest it, they would have time behind bars faster than you can check your watch.Catherynne M. Valente
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No one belongs when they are new to this world. All children are Changelings.Catherynne M. Valente
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The tales lovers tell each other about how they met are hushed and secret things. They change year by year, for we all meet many times as we grow up and become different and new and exciting people--and this never stops, even for a minute, even when we are ninety.Catherynne M. Valente
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The Heart of Fairyland is a story, " she said, and she felt so warm and light and full of rightness of it that she thought she might faint.Catherynne M. Valente
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And that is the last lesson of childhood: You spend all your years fighting against the injustice of big folk and their big rules until you are ready to rule yourself.Catherynne M. Valente
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Every cat knows how to keep his owner feeding them: You may scratch and bite ninety-nine times, but the hundredth time, you must leap into a lap and press your nose to their nose. Rules are for dogs.Catherynne M. Valente
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Flowers are always more serious than they appear.Catherynne M. Valente