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title: "2 Haitians Quotes By Madison Smartt Bell"
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> [Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/since-the-1960s-exile-for-haitians-is-a-condition-that-ends-only-to/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

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> [The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us in abolishing slavery and in extending full rights of citizenship to everyone, regardless of race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/the-country-is-too-often-assumed-to-be-a-backward-place-the-first/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

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## More by Madison Smartt Bell

> [To me, there is nothing more soothing than the song of a mosquito that can't get through the mesh to bite you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/to-me-there-is-nothing-more-soothing-than-the-song-of-a-mosquito-that/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [Jeremy Popkin's collection of first-person narratives of the Haitian Revolution is an extremely valuable work, accessible, sound and intelligent. I only wish such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/jeremy-popkin-s-collection-of-first-person-narratives-of-the-haitian/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [“Here, when you looked into darkness, there was God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/here-when-you-looked-into-darkness-there-was-god/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/since-the-1960s-exile-for-haitians-is-a-condition-that-ends-only-to/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [“Nothing could have been prevented. But still you know that somehow something wasn't watching. Something let attention lapse, releasing everything that follows, as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/nothing-could-have-been-prevented-but-still-you-know-that-somehow/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [I had been an abject fan of Robert Stone since the early eighties, when I borrowed a copy of 'A Flag for Sunrise' to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/i-had-been-an-abject-fan-of-robert-stone-since-the-early-eighties/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [John Fahey, thought during his lifetime to be possibly more than a little crazy, was the author of some thirty albums of gnomically introverted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/john-fahey-thought-during-his-lifetime-to-be-possibly-more-than-a/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [In TheColorful Apocalypse, Greg Bottoms explores the frontier between inspiration and psychosis with the expressive power, the passionate fervor, and the faithfully unflinching honesty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/in-thecolorful-apocalypse-greg-bottoms-explores-the-frontier-between/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/haiti-was-founded-by-african-slaves-who-rose-against-their-european/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [Edwidge Danticat's prose has a Chekhovian simplicity--an ability to state the most urgent truths in a measured and patiently plain style that gathers a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/edwidge-danticat-s-prose-has-a-chekhovian-simplicity-an-ability-to/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [I have always had a mystical attitude toward inspiration. That's my nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/i-have-always-had-a-mystical-attitude-toward-inspiration-that-s-my/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [“We don't kill for no reason. As he spoke, the hummingbird pulsed between his palms like a heartbeat, whirred into the air and flew.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/we-don-t-kill-for-no-reason-as-he-spoke-the-hummingbird-pulsed/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [Our cultural capital has changed tremendously on its way into the twenty-first century. Manhattan has been secured and sanitized; it's smoke- and trans-fat-free. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/our-cultural-capital-has-changed-tremendously-on-its-way-into-the/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [I dont call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/i-dont-call-myself-a-very-good-christian-but-i-think-i-know-one-when/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

> [Imaginative writing has always been a solitary and indeed a somewhat antisocial activity. Apprenticeship existed, no doubt, but it was an apprenticeship to books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/imaginative-writing-has-always-been-a-solitary-and-indeed-a-somewhat/)

[Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/)

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