How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Marassa can see your future, double your money, double your life. People from where I come from, they believe human twins can do the same and can talk to each other in silence, too, cos they share the same soul. (1.64)
Shorty doesn't believe in Marassa, or the supernatural for that matter, but that doesn't stop him from pretending to see people's futures just like a houngan. At least when he's performing with Dread, that's what he does. Fate is huge to his audience, after all.
Quote #2
He might not want to lead the rebellion, not precisely, but he knew that he would. It was his destiny. And who was to say that it wasn't the very thing to possess him that would give him the strength to lead his people? (6.27)
Even though Toussaint isn't into all that voodoo has to offer, he still believes in the power of his destiny. Notice how he doesn't lead the troops because he wants to, or because that's what he thinks is best for them. The number one reason he does it? Toussaint believes it's what he's supposed to do because of fate.
Quote #3
Yet he had known it was the future, and in that land blacks walked free everywhere and there were no whites that he could see. There, he was a boy, or he was in the dreams of the boy; he was not sure which. At the same time, he was himself. (6.31)
Here, Toussaint thinks about freedom and slavery. Even though things aren't looking too hot for the slaves, he knows they will become free one day. Why? He's seen the future and that's what it holds. Rather than fret over whether his dream will become reality, Toussaint blindly trusts in fate.