The Barefoot Woman Quotes

“Ils voulaient nous dire à nous les femmes tutsi: 'Ne donnez plus la vie car c'est la mort que vous donnez en mettant en monde. Vous n'êtes plus porteuses de vie, mais porteuses de mort.”
― Scholastique Mukasonga, La femme aux pieds nus

“Mama wouldn’t give up. “When you walk,” she advised us, “you have to talk to your heart, because it’s the heart that spreads light all through your body. So tell it to remind your toes that they have to watch where you’re stepping, and it will tell them, ‘It’s dark out. Open your eyes. I'll look straight ahead; you look down.’ ” But it was no use, our toes wouldn’t listen.”
― Scholastique Mukasonga, The Barefoot Woman