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“Again brutish necessity wipes its hands
Upon the napkin of a dirty cause,”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)
“You must understand. Death must come to all. Sooner to some, later to others.”
—Tom Graeff. Derek (David Love)
“I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)
“There never was a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He is too many people, if he’s any good.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)