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“I dreamed of a freedom that Martinique itself seemed to deny me.
“Literature is a way of protesting against the world as it is.
“We are all children of history.
“Life is a constant wave, a desire to reach shore.
“I would like to write about the West Indies, for I am a West Indian.
“Mountains know secrets we need to learn.
“You will love again the stranger who was your self.
“Be original. Be you. Don't imitate.
“To be dispossessed is to be without history.
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.
“I am the river, and you are its shores.
“The true home of man is the desire of his heart.
“I want to be free even from myself.
“I write because nobody has the right to silence me.
“The only wall between justice and injustice is our decision to act.
“The past is a country from which no one returns.
“I was my own route, my own star, my own sea, my own sky.
“Every day, one less white friend. Every day, one less white friend.
“Cricket is the most complete expression of the struggle of the people.
“Women are the keepers of memory.