Catherynne M. Valente Quotes about War

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I will not let her speak because I love her, and when you love someone, you do not make them tell war stories. A war story is a black space. On the one side is before and on the other side is after, and what is inside

I will not let her speak because I love her, and when you love someone, you do not make them tell war stories. A war story is a black space. On the one side is before and on the other side is after, and what is inside belongs only to the dead.

Catherynne M. Valente

War, Space, When You Love Someone

Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “Deathless”, p.270, Macmillan

War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving.

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War, Reading, Winning

Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “Deathless”, p.93, Macmillan

No one is now what they were before the war. There’s just no getting any of it back.

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War

Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “Deathless”, p.345, Macmillan

Oh, but Masha, can’t you see? You are. An Ivan has come. That is like saying, Midnight has struck. It is time for bed, little one. You cannot have both. In war you must always choose sides. One or the other. Silver or black. Human or demon. If you try to be a bridge laid down between them, they will tear you in half.

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War, Bridges, Black

Her father’s shadow looked sadly down at her. “You can never forget what you do in a war, September my love. No one can. You won’t forget your war either.

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Father, War, Shadow

Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.576, Macmillan