Roast chicken Quote by Victor LaValle

“This is how you hustle the arcane. Skirt the rules but don’t break them.”

— Victor LaValle

Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.

— Victor LaValle

“I don’t know what to say about the hygiene of the male species.”

— Victor LaValle

A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you.

— Victor LaValle

“His life had been disrupted, but not his billing cycles.”

— Victor LaValle

“It's hard to fake faith, in yourself or anything else.”

— Victor LaValle

“People hear that you grew up religious, and they can’t imagine you’d have a complex relationship with faith. If you believe one part, you…

— Victor LaValle

Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.

— Victor LaValle

Why do any of us act the way we do? Is it our beliefs or our biology that shapes us? Lauren Grodstein considers this…

— Victor LaValle

“I don’t have much faith in institutions, but I still believe in people.”

— Victor LaValle

“A thought, an idea, a shared dream; parenthood is a story two people start telling together.”

— Victor LaValle

Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just as clear…

— Victor LaValle