the well written - catherynne m. valente

The world always changes.  Wishes get slimy, and their colors fade, and soon they are just mud, like all the rest of the mud, and not wishes at all, but regrets.  The trouble is, not everyone can tell when they ought to launder their wishes.

- Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

By Julia Filipone Erez