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Because We Are Quotes
Because We Are: A Novel of Haiti
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Ted Oswald641 ratings, 4.06 average rating, 104 reviews
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Because We Are Quotes
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“The language and logic of violence is a perverse one, its lexicon lacking the word “truth.”
― Because We Are
― Because We Are
“The one who walks around at night is the one who meets up with the devil.”
― Because We Are
― Because We Are
“and superficiality. You must push and continue pushing until you reach the heart of the matter, until you reach the truth.”
― Because We Are
― Because We Are
“Nou sove, n’ ap sèvi.” We’re saved, so we serve. We’ve said this in a spiritual sense before now. We are rescued from our sins, and so we are called to serve. But after the quake, this has taken on another meaning, no? We can be consumed by the losses and sorrows we have seen, or we can persevere, remembering that we were spared in the quake. We were spared in the hurricane. We have not been struck down by bullets. We have not died from cholera. We live on, and God is calling us to be his hands and feet today, tomorrow, and the day after.”
― Because We Are
― Because We Are
“—Why are you helping me? she asked abruptly. He paused for a moment in thought. Because you need it, he said, and because I can.”
― Because We Are
― Because We Are
“She took her church clothing very seriously. We have been blessed with very much, she had once told Libète, and so we must make sure others know it.”
― Because We Are
― Because We Are
“She taps upon the iron bars as she waits”
― Because We Are
― Because We Are
