All Edwidge Danticat Quotes
- There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears… Consciousness
- On some levels, you can also have this feeling that we are being duped, somehow. And that the world is at play for something you… Basic
- No, women like you don't write. They carve onion sculptures and potato statues. They sit in dark corners and braid their hair in new shapes… Braid
- It's not easy to start over in a new place,' he said. 'Exile is not for everyone. Someone has to stay behind, to receive the… Behind
- Love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you're not careful it will drown you. Careful
- Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you… Carry
- Anger is a wasted emotion. Anger
- If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters. Carved
- When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity. Attempting
- There is always a place where, if you listen closely in the night, you will hear a mother telling a story and at the end… Answer
- ...women, brave as stars at dawn Brave
- These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were… Became
- Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may… Create
- Misery won't touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for nobody but you… Always Leaves
- The girl she said, I didn’t tell you this because it was a small thing, but little girls, they leave their hearts at home when… Didn
- Here, though, there is nothing. Nothing at all. The sky seems empty even when I am looking at the moon and stars. All
- It is the calm and silent waters that drown you. Calm
- All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a… All
- People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything. All
- I also know there are timeless waters, endless seas, and lots of people in this world whose names don't matter to anyone but themselves. I… Anyone
- They say behind mountains are more mountains. Behind
- When you write, it’s like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring them unity. Your fingers have still… Attempting
- Life was neither something you defended by hiding nor surrendered calmly on other people's terms, but something you lived bravely, out in the open, and… Bravely
- On some level, now, we are joining the larger world and realizing that we are connected with people in these very scary ways, sometimes. What… Affects
- In fact that is the struggle that most Americans - As rich as this country is, most Americans are very limited in their interaction with… American