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> [“The only way to save them is to immediately sever them from the place where they are born. Otherwise they will always spend too much time chasing a shadow they can never reach… San manman, motherless, was the way you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/the-only-way-to-save-them-is-to-immediately-sever-them-from-the-place/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

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## More by Edwidge Danticat

> [“Medicare rewards doctors far better for doing procedures than for assessing whether they should be done at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/medicare-rewards-doctors-far-better-for-doing-procedures-than-for/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [I love the process of cracking the spine for the first time and slowly sinking into a book. That will soon seem old-fashioned, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-love-the-process-of-cracking-the-spine-for-the-first-time-and/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes it up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-remember-reading-an-interview-with-a-writer-who-said-that-in/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [“Instead I dreamt of walking out of the world, of spending all my time inside with no one to talk to, and no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/instead-i-dreamt-of-walking-out-of-the-world-of-spending-all-my-time/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [“Then what do you want with me?'... 'The pursuit of happiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/then-what-do-you-want-with-me-the-pursuit-of-happiness/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-wanted-to-raise-the-voice-of-a-lot-of-the-people-that-i-knew/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/creating-these-messes-that-go-from-administration-to-administration/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [“Nineteen Thirty-Seven”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/nineteen-thirty-seven/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [“From her experience working with the weak and the sick, she'd learned that the disease you ignore is the one that kills you, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/from-her-experience-working-with-the-weak-and-the-sick-she-d-learned/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [I'm not saying Cubans don't deserve asylum, but if it is a national security issue, there are people who are coming from Cuba on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-m-not-saying-cubans-don-t-deserve-asylum-but-if-it-is-a-national/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [“I owe Oprah and that show a tremendous debt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-owe-oprah-and-that-show-a-tremendous-debt/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/the-greatest-gift-anyone-can-give-to-a-writer-is-time/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant crisis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-think-it-is-important-to-reach-people-through-arts-and-literature/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/all-anyone-can-hope-for-is-just-a-tiny-bit-of-love-like-a-drop-in-a/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

> [I very much love a physical book myself. I think people who have had this experience of also seeing a book come together, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-very-much-love-a-physical-book-myself-i-think-people-who-have-had/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

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