You learned in school that you have pencils and paper only because the trees gave themselves in unconditional sacrifice.
Edwidge DanticatSometimes family members will ask to be kept out of certain things that I'm writing, and I try to respect that. I'd much rather have relatives than a book.
Edwidge DanticatIn Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.
Edwidge DanticatWe need literature because we wouldn’t fully know ourselves without it. We need good literature to be fully human.
Edwidge Danticat