Had the Holocaust happened in Tahiti or the Congo, as it has; had it happened in South America, as it has; had it happened in the West Indies, as it has - you must remember that within fifty years of Columbus's arrival, only the bones remained of the people called the Arawaks, with one or two of them in Spain as specimens. Had the Holocaust committed under the Nazis happened somewhere else, we wouldn't be talking about it the way we talk about it.
Jamaica KincaidThe past is a room full of baggage and rubbish and sometimes things that are of use, but if they are of real use, I have kept them.
Jamaica KincaidI would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.
Jamaica KincaidI didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.
Jamaica Kincaid