William Kowalski is the kind of storyteller you donโt see quite enough these days. The yarn spinner with a generous soul. The Hundred Hearts is a moving, humane adventure about the price of personal connections and the costs of sacrifice. I tore through this bad boy in two short nights.
Victor LaValleThere are really only two ways to react to the extraordinary. The first is to ponder the grand purpose until all the fun is sucked away, the second is to enjoy it.
Victor LaValleNo 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.
Victor LaValleThe 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.
Victor LaValleMen always want to die for something. For someone. I can see the appeal. You do it once and itโs done. No more worrying, not knowing, about tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. I know you all think it sounds brave, but Iโll tell you something even braver. To struggle and fight for the ones you love today. And then do it all over again the next day. Every day. For your whole life. Itโs not as romantic, I admit. But it takes a lot of courage to live for someone, too.
Victor LaValle