""All this wind," said Papa Longoué, "all this wind about to come up, nothing you can do, you wait for it to come up t…"

"Having a bit of earth amounts to nothing when the earth as a whole does not belong to everyone. ("Dry Season at La To…"

"Pythagore Celat went around loudly trumpeting "we" though there was not one soul who could guess what he meant by it.…"

"The tangle of crowding memories and things forgotten" transports us, the hullabaloo hurtles, here we have landed, lud…"

"From the persistent myth of the paradise islands to the deceptive appearance of overseas departments, it seemed that …"

"Our intention in this work was to pull together all levels of experience. This piling-up is the most suitable techniq…"

"It is difficult for a French Caribbean individual to be the brother, the friend, or simply the associate or fellow co…"

"Sameness is sublimated difference; Diversity is accepted difference. ("National Literatures")"

"To move from the oral to the written is to immobilise the body, to take control (to possess it). ("Poetics")"

"Trees that live a long time exude mystery and magic. As if they were creating strong potions of happiness and calamit…"