Poetry Quote by Catherynne M. Valente — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Men die. It's practically what they're for.”

“Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.”

“Death is not a checkmate…it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen.”

“Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.”

“Hats have power. Hats can change you into someone else.”

“This is what comes of having a heart, even a very small and young one. It causes no end of trouble, and that’s the truth.”

“So build yourself as beautiful as you want your world to be. Wrap yourself in light then give yourself away with your heart, your brush, your march, your art, your poetry, your play. And for every day you paint the war, take a week and paint the beauty, the color, the shape of the landscape you’re marching towards. Everyone knows what you’re against; show them what you’re for.”

“Green was the silence, wet was the light,”

“Between my finger and my thumb”

“Good Bones”

“The horses suddenly began to neigh, protesting”

“Writing, then, was a substitute for myself: if you don't love me, love my writing & love me for my writing. It is also much more: a way of ordering and reordering the chaos of experience.”