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Sofia

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“The soldiers can come and do with us what they want. That makes papa feel weak, she says. He gets angry when he feels weak.”
― Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!

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“People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything.”
― Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!

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“. “Manman tells papa, you cannot let them kill somebody just because you are afraid. Papa says, oh yes, you can let them kill somebody because you are afraid. They are the law. It is their right.”
― Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!

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“He wanted her to be as well dressed as the richest lady in Ilhéus; fine clothes would erase her past and hide the stove burns of her arms. But the fine clothes rarely left the closet”
― Jorge Amado, Gabriela, clavo y canela

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“If they come into a house and there is a son and a mother there, they hold a gun to their heads. They make the son sleeps with his mother. If it is a daughter and a father, they do the same thing.”
― Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!

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