--- title: "1 Superstitious Island Quotes By Kei Miller" description: "1 Superstitious Island quotes by Kei Miller. Plus more from Kei Miller and more Superstitious Island sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/kei-miller-31579_faith_look-this-isn-t-magic-realism-this-is-no_1658164.jpg" --- > [“Look, this isn't magic realism. This is not another story about superstitious island people and their primitive beliefs. No. You don't get off that easy. This is a story about people as real as you are, and as real as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/look-this-isn-t-magic-realism-this-is-not-another-story-about/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/kei-miller-31579_faith_look-this-isn-t-magic-realism-this-is-no_1658164.jpg) ## More by Kei Miller > [“To know a man properly, you must know the shape of his hurt - the specific wound around which his person has been formed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/to-know-a-man-properly-you-must-know-the-shape-of-his-hurt-the/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“It don't take no great skill to write down a story. All you have to do is put one word after the next and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/it-don-t-take-no-great-skill-to-write-down-a-story-all-you-have-to-do/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“And so they have marched many more times since August Morning. They have joined every workers' strike, been part of every vigil and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/and-so-they-have-marched-many-more-times-since-august-morning-they/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“If you hear him beat that drum he will reveal something of himself to you, for what is a drumbeat, after all, other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/if-you-hear-him-beat-that-drum-he-will-reveal-something-of-himself-to/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“Whenever he cried, his grandmother would always tell him, You need a backbone, boy. She thought this was the way to raise a man-child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/whenever-he-cried-his-grandmother-would-always-tell-him-you-need-a/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“The great philosophical question goes: if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/the-great-philosophical-question-goes-if-a-tree-falls-in-a-forest-and/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“Agatha Lazarus found out then that there is a moment when a dream is so utterly crushed, that instead of withering the dreamer will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/agatha-lazarus-found-out-then-that-there-is-a-moment-when-a-dream-is/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“Look, this isn't magic realism. This is not another story about superstitious island people and their primitive beliefs. No. You don't get off that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/look-this-isn-t-magic-realism-this-is-not-another-story-about/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“And now everybody get the understanding that Gilzene did get. A man cannot rise on his own. Not even a powerful man like Alexander…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/and-now-everybody-get-the-understanding-that-gilzene-did-get-a-man/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“After all, don't care how you want to sit there and deny the knowledge of River Mumma sitting on her rock - don't care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/after-all-don-t-care-how-you-want-to-sit-there-and-deny-the-knowledge/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“Maybe you shake your head, but let me learn a lesson right now: plenty knowledge is in this world. Enough knowledge that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/maybe-you-shake-your-head-but-let-me-learn-a-lesson-right-now-plenty/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“This place was no freedom, and Massa Day was not done. Massa had only changed his name. He was no longer "Busha" or "Buckra"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/this-place-was-no-freedom-and-massa-day-was-not-done-massa-had-only/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“Some days have more roads than others, and some roads more distance, so that when a woman complains how long the day is, maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kei-miller/some-days-have-more-roads-than-others-and-some-roads-more-distance-so/) [Kei Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kei-miller/) > [“For colour’s sake alone, Purletta Johnson belonged to the Jamaican bourgeoisie. 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