Stories are pretty dumb animals. And so aggressive! I clapp… - Catherynne M. Valente

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Stories are pretty dumb animals. And so aggressive!
I clapped my hands. "Say three ways they're dumb!"
"Let's see." Papo counted them off on his fingers. "They're cold-blooded, they use big words when they ought to use small ones, and they have no natural defense against comets."

Catherynne M. Valente

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Catherynne M. Valente (born Bethany Thomas; May 5, 1979) is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic.

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