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Quotes from Dance on the Volcano — Marie Vieux-Chauvet

1916–1973 Haiti

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The eyes, if one knows them well, rarely lie (chapter XXII, p342)

Dance on the Volcano (1957)

The volcano, which for long years the planters did not believe existed, was erupting. (chapter XXXV p473)

Dance on the Volcano (1957)

A white public had put her on a pedestal, and from that pedestal she looked down and saw everything unmasked. And what she saw was horrific. It was a shame. (chapter XII, p175)

Dance on the Volcano (1957)

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