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“Language is such a powerful thing. After the earthquake, I…” quote by Edwidge Danticat
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“Language is such a powerful thing. After the earthquake, I went to Haiti and people were talking about how [they] described this feeling of going through an earthquake. People really didn't have the vocabulary - before we had hurricanes. I'd talk with people and they'd say, "We have to name it; it has to have a name."”

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