Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark. — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray women and that's their downfall. — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
There is the churning and the boiling of the sea, and the foam on top of it and that is what man is, churning… — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
When a leaf falls in a puddle, it does not rot on the very same day it falls. — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining… — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
“Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin." Simone Schwarz-Bart” — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their course, all rivers go down to the ocean and drown. And… — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
“The tale is, in large part, our capital. I was nourished on tales...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.” — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
Every day you must arise and say to your heart, I have suffered enough and now I must live because the light of the… — Simone Schwarz-Bart Copy Share Image
