How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
For the first time he understood why vodou believed the dead to rest under the sea, for the narrative of the world was one of exodus—from the womb, from Eden—and return. The slaves had come to Haiti by the sea, and it seemed that it was to the sea that they were destined to return. (20.43)
There's symmetry to it all, we'll give them that. We like the idea of returning to somewhere that Toussaint describes here. It dawns on us that he's getting this for the first time, which means he didn't quite believe it until he was ready to die himself. Poetic, much?