Even if youโve taken off every stitch of clothing, you still have your secrets, your history, your true name. Itโs hard to be really naked. You have to work hard at it. Just getting into a bath isnโt being naked, not really. Itโs just showing skin.
Catherynne M. ValenteAnd as we watched, the Tsar of Death lifted up his eyelids like skirts and began to dance in the streets of Leningrad.
Catherynne M. ValenteI 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. ValenteEverybody's strange everywhere. Most of the trick of being a social animal is pretending you're not. But who do you fool? Nobody worth talking to.
Catherynne M. Valente