Simone Schwarz-Bart

Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.

There is the churning and the boiling of the sea, and the foam on top of it and that is what man is, churning and foam together.

Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I have a little bit of a belly, a tiny bit of pooch. It's the one thing I don't want to lose. I just like having some softness. If I lose that, then Tom might leave me.