"...But what can you do time has rubbed away the full name … - Marie Vieux-Chauvet

"...But what can you do time has rubbed away the full name as it rubs everything else. All you can do is adapt to the new and minimize the damage..." (p83)

Marie Vieux-Chauvet

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Marie Vieux-Chauvet (born Marie Vieux; September 16, 1916 – June 19, 1973), was a novelist, poet and playwright who was born and educated in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Pen Names: Colibri

Birth Name: Marie Vieux

Alternative Names: Marie Chauvet

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Once more, the silence seemed to them so profound, so ominous, that they felt as though they could inhale it together with the air. (chapter 2)

He is alone like me. Alone with his memories and the heavy past he drags after him like a ball and chain. (p73)

How can I convince her that only the most base people of any social class pay attention to gossip? (p75)

"...But what can you do time has rubbed away the full name as it rubs everything else. All you can do is adapt to the new and minimize the damage..."… - Marie Vieux-Chauvet

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