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Quotes from Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy — Marie Vieux-Chauvet

1916–1973 Haiti

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"He lives in sin," my mother explained to me, "and sin is contagious." (p93)

Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy (1968)

Unfortunately, I was too practiced in the art of deception, and behind my mask of detachment, I burned in silence like a torch. (p12)

Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy (1968)

"...But what can you do time has rubbed away the full name as it rubs everything else. All you can do is adapt to the new and minimize the damage..." (p83)

Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy (1968)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marie Vieux-Chauvet (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.