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Quotes from Butterfly Burning — Yvonne Vera

1964–2005 Zimbabwe

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3 quotes

Fumbatha could never be the beginning or end of all her yearning.

Butterfly Burning (1998)

The work is not their own: it is summoned. The time is not theirs: it is seized. The ordeal is their own.

Butterfly Burning (1998)

If not freedom then rhythm.

Butterfly Burning (1998)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Yvonne Vera (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.