Quote by Edwidge Danticat
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew gro

I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles. – Edwidge Danticat

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