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> [“It would make sense, for the purposes of this study, to determine whether the idea of the zombie is in fact one of the traps of colonial history—something Haitians might have internalized and integrated into their own worldview. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-depestre/it-would-make-sense-for-the-purposes-of-this-study-to-determine/)

[René Depestre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-depestre/)

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## More by René Depestre

> [“We have only one recourse in the face of death: make art before it happens. —René Char”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-depestre/we-have-only-one-recourse-in-the-face-of-death-make-art-before-it/)

[René Depestre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-depestre/)

> [“It would make sense, for the purposes of this study, to determine whether the idea of the zombie is in fact one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-depestre/it-would-make-sense-for-the-purposes-of-this-study-to-determine/)

[René Depestre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-depestre/)

> [“Then its beating seemed to rise from the depths of the earth, as if the root of the cosmos and my heart were beating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-depestre/then-its-beating-seemed-to-rise-from-the-depths-of-the-earth-as-if/)

[René Depestre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-depestre/)

> [“The vast space sparkling with stars seemed to want to become part of my body.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-depestre/the-vast-space-sparkling-with-stars-seemed-to-want-to-become-part-of/)

[René Depestre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-depestre/)

> [“Still, Depestre does not shy away from showing the ways that a town, or a country, as he has stated in several interviews, can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-depestre/still-depestre-does-not-shy-away-from-showing-the-ways-that-a-town-or/)

[René Depestre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-depestre/)

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