# Quote — Edwidge Danticat, The Dew Breaker

> he reminded himself of his own personal creed, that life was neither something you defended by hiding nor surrendered calmly on other people’s terms, but something you lived bravely, out in the open, and that if you had to lose it, you should also lose it on your own terms. (p201)

- Author: [Edwidge Danticat](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edwidge-danticat.md)
- Book: [The Dew Breaker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edwidge-danticat/the-dew-breaker.md)
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> My father is gone. I'm slouched in a cast-aluminum chair across from two men, one the manager of the hotel where we're staying and the other a policeman. They're both waiting for me to explain what's become of him, my father. (first lines)

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