Catherynne M. Valente Quote Explained: I burn, I freeze; I am never warm. I am rigid; I forgot softness because it did not serve me.

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You can never know how your clock runs. But it does run – and always faster than you think.

Novelist

Running

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When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier.

Novelist

Travel

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Humanity lived many years and ruled the earth, sometimes wisely, sometimes well, but mostly neither.

- Catherynne M. Valente

Novelist

Earth
Human

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I believe we have an utterly unique specimen on our hands: a child who listens.

- Catherynne M. Valente

Novelist

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You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews.

- Catherynne M. Valente

Novelist

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

- Catherynne M. Valente

Novelist

Running

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I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.

- Catherynne M. Valente

Novelist

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It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.

- Catherynne M. Valente

Novelist

I burn, I freeze; I am never warm. I am rigid; I forgot softness because it did not serve me.

I burn, I freeze; I am never warm. I am rigid; I forgot softness because it did not serve me.

You can never know how your clock runs. But it does run – and always faster than you think.

When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier.

Humanity lived many years and ruled the earth, sometimes wisely, sometimes well, but mostly neither.

I believe we have an utterly unique specimen on our hands: a child who listens.

You humans, you know, whoever built you sewed irony into your sinews.

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

I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.

Better freedom and a chilly road than a warm hearth and servitude.

When you’re cold, don’t expect sympathy from someone who’s warm.

Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.

She liked that word: we. It sounded warm and open, like a hug.

I could wrap myself in the warm cocoon of a song and go anywhere.

I don’t have any warm personal enemies. All the SOBs have died.

Keep a cool head and a warm heart.

It’s the best feeling when you wake up and it’s warm and cozy, and you don’t have to go to work.

I burn, I freeze; I am never warm. I am rigid; I forgot softness because it did not serve me.

I burn, I freeze; I am never warm. I am rigid; I forgot softness because it did not serve me.

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