Barbara Kingsolver Quotes
Our Way Was To Share A Fire Until It Burned Down, Ayi? To Speak To Each Other Until Every Person Was Satisfied. Younger Men Listened To Older Men. Now The Beelezi Tell Us The Vote Of A Young, Careless Man Counts The Same As The Vote Of An Elder.' In The Hazy Heat Tata Ndu Paused To Take Off His Hat, Turn It Carefully In His Hands, Then Replace It Above The High Dome Of His Forehead. No One Breathed. 'White Men Tell Us: Vote, Bantu! They Tell Us: You Do Not All Have To Agree, Ce N'est Pas Necessaire! If Two Men Vote Yes And One Says No, The Matter Is Finished. A Bu, Even A Child Can See How That Will End. It Takes Three Stones In The Fire To Hold Up The Pot. Take One Away, Leave The Other Two, And What? The Pot Will Spill Into The Fire.
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