"It is the calm and silent waters that drown you"
Both of these quotes are unique. The first one is a different side of love - it's something I have never heard before. Usually when I hear quotes about love, they don't talk about the danger. This reminds me of every story we have read so far. In the first, the two characters only have each other to hold on to. Eventually though, the boy has to throw away his journal, and letters to the girl he loves, because if he holds onto it he will die. He doesn't let their love drown them (literally). In the second, the mother's love for her daughter and mother got her thrown into jail, and in the third, the man who killed himself did it because he didn't feel like he was loved by his wife. He said they were no longer intimate, and had different ideas for the future of their son. The second quote is interesting because Danticat has been through a lot in her life, but the big things aren't what hurts, it's the small things. In each story, there is the reminder that Haiti is going through war and people are being brutally murdered. However, that isn't what hurts the characters. They worry more over the loss of a loved one than the danger they're in themselves. One thing that stood out to me was the sharp rocks on the road that seemed to hurt somebody in every story. We can all handle the big things together, but when it comes to personal, small things, sometimes we fall.
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