What did Catherynne M. Valente mean by: It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else. - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist Copy
+ When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Catherynne M. Valente, Travel, 0 - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist
+ Humanity lived many years and ruled the earth, sometimes wisely, sometimes well, but mostly neither. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Catherynne M. Valente, Earth, Human, 0 - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist
+ But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Catherynne M. Valente, Brave, Clever, Sleep, 0 - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist
+ No one is now what they were before the war. There’s just no getting any of it back. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Catherynne M. Valente, War, 0 - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist
+ Don’t worry,” Marya whispered, kissing his forehead. “My old bones will follow yours soon enough. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Catherynne M. Valente, Kissing, Worry, 0 - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist
+ You can never know how your clock runs. But it does run – and always faster than you think. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Catherynne M. Valente, Running, 0 - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist
+ And it’s the wonders I’m after, even if I have to bleed for them. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Catherynne M. Valente, Wonder, 0 - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist
+ Monsters almost always are culture’s way of working out their fears. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Catherynne M. Valente, Culture, Monsters, Work Out, 0 - Catherynne M. Valente Novelist
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We never love with all our heart and all our soul but once, and that is the first time. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China