Birth Quote by Edwidge Danticat

“You have all these people in the city and everything has become centralized. If you live outside the city and you need a birth certificate or some official paper from the government, you have to travel to the city.” quote by Edwidge Danticat — Download Open image

“You have all these people in the city and everything has become centralized. If you live outside the city and you need a birth certificate or some official paper from the government, you have to travel to the city.”

Edwidge Danticat

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