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Sameness is sublimated difference; Diversity is accepted difference.

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We know ourselves as part and as crowd, in an unknown that does not terrify. We cry our cry of poetry Our boats are open, and we sail them for everyone.

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When one knows the tremendous strength of their roots, and the arid fraternity among them, their conventional exotic image fades away.... In this place of acceptance and denial, this line of trees contains the essentials of wisdom: it teaches moderation and at the same time inspires audacity.

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Édouard Glissant

Édouard Glissant

Born: September 21, 1928
Died: February 3, 2011 (aged 82)
Bio: Édouard Glissant was a Martinican writer, poet, philosopher, and literary critic. He is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary.

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