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Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak! Quotes: These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were fully grown and they became our sole inheritance.
         

These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were fully grown and they became our sole inheritance.


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This page presents the quote "These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were fully grown and they became our sole inheritance.". Author of this quote is Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!. This quote is about stories, oral-tradition, storytelling,.