Famous quotes containing the word roumain:
“At noon, you walk across a river. It is dry, with not this much water: it is just stones and pebbles. But it rains cats and dogs in the mountains, and towards afternoon, the water descends wildly and she ravages all in its path, the madwoman. That is how death comes. Without our expecting it, and we cannot do a thing against it, brothers.”
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)
“And at dawn, the drums still beat on the sleepless plain like an unstoppable heart.”
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)
“As they say, when a man begins to have bad luck, even clabber can break his head.”
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)