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Edwidge Danticat quotes: Life's hard in Haiti right now. And the hardest thing is that the future does not lie with one person. Life's hard in Haiti right now. And the hardest thing is that the future does not lie with one person.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti. People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: We live now in a global culture where anything that happens in a place that's 90 minutes from your shores really affects you. We live now in a global culture where anything that happens in a place that's 90 minutes from your shores really affects you.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I hope to be a good role model for my daughters. I hope to be a good role model for my daughters.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: You learned in school that you have pencils and paper only because the trees gave themselves in unconditional sacrifice. You learned in school that you have pencils and paper only because the trees gave themselves in unconditional sacrifice.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Our fatigue limited our desire to talk. Besides, each person's story did nothing except bring you closer to your own pain. Our fatigue limited our desire to talk. Besides, each person's story did nothing except bring you closer to your own pain.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: There [Haiti] were also leaders like Jean-Jacques Dessalines, whose motto was, "Cut their heads off, burn their houses." There [Haiti] were also leaders like Jean-Jacques Dessalines, whose motto was, "Cut their heads off, burn their houses."
Edwidge Danticat quotes: In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States. In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: They say behind mountains are more mountains. They say behind mountains are more mountains.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: We've had fiction from the time of cave drawings. I think fiction, storytelling, and narrative in general will always exist in some form. We've had fiction from the time of cave drawings. I think fiction, storytelling, and narrative in general will always exist in some form.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934. And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: When you are working on something, you have to believe that people will still be reading when you're done! When you are working on something, you have to believe that people will still be reading when you're done!
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I'm just melancholy by nature, and a lot of that gets into my writing. I'm just melancholy by nature, and a lot of that gets into my writing.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I owe Oprah and that show a tremendous debt. I owe Oprah and that show a tremendous debt.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy. Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Art is a luxury but also a necessity. Art is a luxury but also a necessity.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: No one will ever love you more than you love your pain," he had replied, his words ringing even louder in the dark. She No one will ever love you more than you love your pain," he had replied, his words ringing even louder in the dark. She
Edwidge Danticat quotes: For the majority of the people it is a difficult place to live. That's a reality that we can't ignore. But there is also great beauty to it. For the majority of the people it is a difficult place to live. That's a reality that we can't ignore. But there is also great beauty to it.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Here, though, there is nothing. Nothing at all. The sky seems empty even when I am looking at the moon and stars. Here, though, there is nothing. Nothing at all. The sky seems empty even when I am looking at the moon and stars.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: People who want alternative information have to try so hard to find it. People who want alternative information have to try so hard to find it.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Whole interaction between the storyteller and the listeners had a very powerful influence on me. Whole interaction between the storyteller and the listeners had a very powerful influence on me.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I'm happy to be part of this chorus of people who are trying to tell more complex stories about Haiti. I'm happy to be part of this chorus of people who are trying to tell more complex stories about Haiti.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: So much had fallen into the sea. Hats fell in to the sea. Hearts fell into the sea. So much had fallen into the sea So much had fallen into the sea. Hats fell in to the sea. Hearts fell into the sea. So much had fallen into the sea
Edwidge Danticat quotes: ...women, brave as stars at dawn ...women, brave as stars at dawn
Edwidge Danticat quotes: The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time. The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Perhaps there had been joy for them in finding that sugar could be made from blood. Perhaps there had been joy for them in finding that sugar could be made from blood.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Two mountains can never meet but perhaps you and I can meet again. I am coming to your waterfall Two mountains can never meet but perhaps you and I can meet again. I am coming to your waterfall
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Being a shy child, I always longed for a mask. Even in my adult life, I have glasses, they are my mask. Being a shy child, I always longed for a mask. Even in my adult life, I have glasses, they are my mask.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Our faith is a mishmash of many things. We believe in family, in music and art, but we mostly believe in each other" -Giselle Our faith is a mishmash of many things. We believe in family, in music and art, but we mostly believe in each other" -Giselle
Edwidge Danticat quotes: That night, I slept hugging my secret. That night, I slept hugging my secret.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: It is the calm and silent waters that drown you. It is the calm and silent waters that drown you.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: We already have posterity," I said."When?'"We were babies and we grew old We already have posterity," I said.
"When?'
"We were babies and we grew old
Edwidge Danticat quotes: You may be surprised what we use our dreams to do, how we drape them over our sight and carry them like amulets to protect us from evil spells. You may be surprised what we use our dreams to do, how we drape them over our sight and carry them like amulets to protect us from evil spells.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: They say a girl becomes a woman when she loses her mother. You, child, were born a woman. They say a girl becomes a woman when she loses her mother. You, child, were born a woman.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: 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. 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.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: She made sadness beautiful She made sadness beautiful
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us (Danticat 19). Sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us (Danticat 19).
Edwidge Danticat quotes: For so long this had been my life, but it was all in the past. Now we all had to try and find the future. For so long this had been my life, but it was all in the past. Now we all had to try and find the future.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Pretend that this is a time of miracles and we believe in them. Pretend that this is a time of miracles and we believe in them.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity. When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind. I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I wish I could've done more for her, but some sorrows were simply too individual to share. I wish I could've done more for her, but some sorrows were simply too individual to share.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I think it's hard to write a book about happiness because fiction requires tension and complication. I think it's hard to write a book about happiness because fiction requires tension and complication.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters. If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Posing is death. I think when you make people pose for a photograph, you kill them. Posing is death. I think when you make people pose for a photograph, you kill them.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: There is something human about the way people react to and identify with suffering. There's a lot more empathy in the world than we perhaps realize. There is something human about the way people react to and identify with suffering. There's a lot more empathy in the world than we perhaps realize.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: The more practice you have, the less stressful writing is. The more practice you have, the less stressful writing is.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Anger is a wasted emotion. Anger is a wasted emotion.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Wonderful thing about novels is that sometimes we read a novel and we know the person in the novel more than we know people in our own lives. Wonderful thing about novels is that sometimes we read a novel and we know the person in the novel more than we know people in our own lives.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: The women in your family have never lost touch with one another. Death is a path we take to meet on the other side. The women in your family have never lost touch with one another. Death is a path we take to meet on the other side.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant crisis. I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant crisis.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I think novels just really show us the deepest parts of people's hearts, and you cannot walk away anymore and say, "I don't know." I think novels just really show us the deepest parts of people's hearts, and you cannot walk away anymore and say, "I don't know."
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Writing is the way I participate in the struggle. Writing is the way I participate in the struggle.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: The soldiers can come and do with us what they want. That makes papa feel weak, she says. He gets angry when he feels weak. The soldiers can come and do with us what they want. That makes papa feel weak, she says. He gets angry when he feels weak.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle. I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything. People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence. To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: You thought that if you didn't tell the stories, the sky would fall on your head. You thought that if you didn't tell the stories, the sky would fall on your head.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places. People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: No one will love you more than you love your pain. No one will love you more than you love your pain.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: We try to keep the beautiful memories, but other things from the past creep up on us. We try to keep the beautiful memories, but other things from the past creep up on us.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: What if my becoming fully aware of the frequency of such moments makes me terrified to leave my house? What if my becoming fully aware of the frequency of such moments makes me terrified to leave my house?
Edwidge Danticat quotes: Vodou is one of the religions practiced in Haiti, a rich religion for the people. Vodou is one of the religions practiced in Haiti, a rich religion for the people.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: I would hate for people to generalize about every Haitian from something that one Haitian did, or a group of Haitians did. I would hate for people to generalize about every Haitian from something that one Haitian did, or a group of Haitians did.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it. It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: To be able to create you have to have peace of mind on some level. To be able to create you have to have peace of mind on some level.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a waterfall, a flood, if you All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a waterfall, a flood, if you can get that too.
Edwidge Danticat quotes: People often think of Haiti as a place where you're not supposed to have any joy. I wanted to show that this is a place with joy. People often think of Haiti as a place where you're not supposed to have any joy. I wanted to show that this is a place with joy.

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