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Big Machine

Victor LaValle

Top 10 Best Quotes

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

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

“Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.”

“Some people act like it’s a sign of weakness if you want to belong, but I think most human beings yearn to find at least one open door in their lifetime.”

“No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we can achieve.”

“The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated.”

“It’s easier to hold onto a bad idea if you never share it, and it’s harder to defend one if you let it out.”

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

“The ancient Egyptians believed the god Anubis met each of us on the other side, and that he stood before a great scale on which our hearts were set. There each was weighed, tested, for its worth. Was this the heart I wanted measured?”

“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 must believe it all. But who gets more chances to see the absurdities than the devout? An answer that’s satisfying on Sunday becomes contradictory by Wednesday night. Belief is a wrestling match that lasts a lifetime.”

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Book Keywords:

style, doubt, empathy, bad-idea, society, belong, heart

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