Simone Schwarz-Bart Quotes
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Every day you must arise and say to your heart, I have suffered enough and now I must live because the light of the sun must not be wasted, it must not be lost without an eye to appreciate it.
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The tale is, in large part, our capital. I was nourished on tales...when an old person dies, a whole library disappears.
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However tall trouble is, man must make himself taller still, even if it means making stilts.
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Behind one pain there is another. Sorrow is a wave without end. But the horse mustn't ride you, you must ride it.
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Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.
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With their women's bodies and children's eyes, my friends felt quite ready to get the better of existence.
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It may well be that all suffering, even the prickles in the canefields, are part of the glory of man.
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Men are strong, women are smart, but no matter how smart, their bellies are always there to betray women and that's their downfall.