Margery Harrison

“But it is my experience that you learn everything in this world out of order. You only know what you needed to know after it's already done getting ruined all over you.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

“So that’s an opera house, is it?’ said Granny. ‘Looks like someone built a great big box and glued the architecture on afterwards.”
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

“But you can’t ever imagine what you’re going to care about when you turn into the version of you that’s waiting on the other side of five years from now. That’s a stranger waiting to ambush you, and all you can do is plant your feet and try not to get thrown.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red

“Can you imagine there being so many people that you could just murder one and nobody would know who did it right away?”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Past Is Red