Quotes From "The Surrender Tree: Poems Of Cubas Struggle For Freedom" By Margarita Engle

If we knew how to find the lost, we would...
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If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our mindsleft behindin battle. Margarita Engle
Slavery all day, and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!
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Slavery all day, and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom! Margarita Engle
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The child tells me her grandmothershowed her how to cure sadness by sucking the juice of an orange, while standing on a beach. Toss the peels onto a wave. Watch the sadness float away. Margarita Engle
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Hatred must be a hard thing to learn. Margarita Engle
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Can it be true that freedom only exists when it is a treasure, shared by all? Margarita Engle
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I can't understand why dark northern soldiers and light ones are seperated into different brigades. The dead are all buried together in hasty mass graves, bones touching. Margarita Engle