I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“Jephthah called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
The girl she said, I didn’t tell you this because it was a small thing, but little girls, they leave their hearts… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
The whole military structure in Haiti that existed until the early 1990s was put in place by the American occupation. At the… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
There is always a place where, if you listen closely in the night, you will hear a mother telling a story and… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Medicare rewards doctors far better for doing procedures than for assessing whether they should be done at all.” — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
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… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes it up.… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“Instead I dreamt of walking out of the world, of spending all my time inside with no one to talk to, and no one… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part,… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“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… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
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… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
