Edwidge Danticat Quotes
born 1969 Haiti
Edwidge Danticat (born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian-American novelist and short story writer.
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"Only good deeds demand respect." (chapter 15, p110)
Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994)
Tante Atie once said that love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you're not careful it will drown you. (p91)
Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994)
We are ill-favored, but still we endure. Every once in a while, we must scream this as far as the wind can carry our voices. "Nou lèd, nou la!" We are ugly, but we are here! And here to stay.
I wish I could've done more for her, but some sorrows were simply too individual to share. (p252)
The Farming of Bones (1998)
"Do you see my granddaughter?...Isn't it a miracle that we can visit with all our kin, simply by looking into this face?" (chapter 14, p103)
Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994)