My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . They were natural-born storytellers in the oral tradition. A person can run for years but sooner or later he has to take a stand in the place which, for better or worse, he calls home, do what he can to change things there. Once a great wrong has been done, it never dies. People speak the words of peace, but their hearts do not forgive.
Generations perform ceremonies of reconciliation but there is no end.
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