Memorable Quotes from Arnold Korff
6 quotesUncertainty Amidst Disparity and Danger
Dr. Raymond Perez
Something is happening. You ask me what and I can only say I do not know. I merely consider this. We are five whites. Two of them are women and one is a helpless child. And around us are two thousand black. Fully three-quarters of these are hill bandits - fugitives from Haiti.
[Rada drums beating in the background]
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The Significance of Rada Drums at Sunset
Dr. Raymond Perez
Listen. The sun is just setting.
Stephen Lane
What is it?
Dr. Raymond Perez
Drums. Rada drums.
Stephen Lane
Rada drums?
Dr. Raymond Perez
Blood worship. Sacrifice to the black gods. You call it voodoo.
Stephen Lane
What does it mean?
Dr. Raymond Perez
Who knows. But, this I do know, never have the drums beat so on St. Christopher without trouble.
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Consequences of Misplaced Trust and Carelessness
Dr. Raymond Perez
Those years I grew careless. I trusted Juanita to a native nurse, Ruva. She taught her the Rada of the blacks. At night, when I thought she was asleep, she was taken with native children to watch the sacrifice. She tasted blood!
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Conflict Over Natives' Presence in the House
Dr. Raymond Perez
You know that no natives except the servants are allowed into the house!
Juanita Perez Lane
He's a holy man. A priest. Their leader. He's above any servant! I've known him since I was a child.
Dr. Raymond Perez
Then, let him remain in the hills where he belongs. If I ever find him in this house ever again, I'll have him whipped!
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Historical Struggles and Superstitions Explored
Dr. Raymond Perez
We've been prepared for the last 100 years. Six times the blacks have tried to wipe us out. I suppose you're acquainted with the negro superstition that seven is their lucky number.
[Showing Stephen Lane his stock of guns]
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Memory and the Weight of the Past
Juanita Perez Lane
The past is dead! The natives have forgotten long ago.
Dr. Raymond Perez
The natives never forget!
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