Victor LaValle Quotes

Whether it was H. P. Lovecraft's doomed towns or Shirley Jackson's lonely, looming 'The Haunting of Hill House,' the boondocks had all the fun. As a black kid in Queens, New York, I couldn't have felt more removed.

Victor LaValle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 3, 1972

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I'm one of the most sensitive human beings on Earth - and I know it.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

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Keeping politics out of the courtroom is a goal every state aspires to achieve.

Amul Thapar

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I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

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As it turns out, just hanging out around athletes doesn't actually make one more fit.

Mary Pilon

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South Africa is the only place in the Southern hemisphere where Halloween is really catching on. They have a lot of sporting events that have made it more popular there. They have motocross and rave celebrations, and they're embracing it as a youth culture thing.

Lisa Morton

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I never give up on anything, because you come back around, and suddenly the thing you thought you'd never do is relevant.

Joss Whedon

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Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

Denis Waitley

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'The Wire' fans are very specific and hard core. Nobody is neutral about 'The Wire.' You either love it, or you couldn't watch it, and there is no in-between.

Deirdre Lovejoy

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You had your black bands, and you had your white bands, and if you mixed the two, you found less places to play.

Clarence Clemons

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I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

Chuck Jones

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Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

William Proxmire

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Where there is no work, there is no dignity.

Pope Francis

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