Catherynne M. Valente Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• Someone ought to write a novel about me,” said Lebedeva loftily. “I shouldn’t care if they lied to make it more interesting, as long as they were good lies, full of kisses and daring escapes and the occasional act of barbarism. I can’t abide a poor liar.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Lying, Liars, Writing

  Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “Deathless”, p.102, Macmillan

• I reminded myself: when a book lies unopened it might contain anything in the world, anything imaginable. It therefore, in that pregnant moment before opening, contains everything. Every possibility, both perfect and putrid. Surely such mysteries are the most enticing things You grant us in this mortal mere -- the fruit in the garden, too, was like this. Unknown, and therefore infinite. Eve and her mate swallowed eternity, every possible thing, and made the world between them.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Lying, Book, Garden

• Because I’m a cat. A big one, the Panther of Rough Storms, in fact. But still a cat. If there’s a saucer of milk to spill, I’d rather spill it than let it lie. If my mistress grows absent-minded and leaves a ball of yarn about, I’ll bat it between my paws, and unravel it. Because it’s fun. Because it’s what cats do best.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Fun, Lying, Cat

  Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making”, p.110, Feiwel & Friends

• Husbands lie, Masha. I should know; I've eaten my share. That's lesson one. Lesson number two: among the topics about which a husband is most likely to lie are money, drink, black eyes, political affiliation, and women who squatted on his lap before and after your sweet self.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Sweet, Husband, Lying

  Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “Deathless”, p.109, Macmillan

• I perceive that you have a cruel heart, my child. It lies within your breast like a smoldering blade, hissing steam at me.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Children, Lying, Heart

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