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“ The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the plot, in the most minor character who crosses the page. It's all your voice. ”

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The success of any society must be judged by the life of its worst off. No other calculation will do.

~ Victor Lavalle

Before September 11, the skinny, jittery black guy made security think one thing: drug mule. But after the attacks, security only cared about bombs. So it was the Arab guys, the Puerto Ricans and Indians, even white men, that got searched. I was too dark to make people worry on a plane. Still caused fear in elevators.

~ Victor Lavalle

Writing to corroborate what you already think is the essence of bad writing.

~ Victor Lavalle

Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.

~ Victor Lavalle