- “Haiti, the proud Pearl of the Antilles.” – Victor Hugo (1842)
- “Haiti is in some way an early paradigm for the dance of colonialism in our modern world.” – Edwidge Danticat (1996)
- “And the drums kept beating, beating, beating, for they were the hearts of the black slaves that were to rise one day.” – Langston Hughes (1932)
- “The richest sort of travel is to discover forgotten things of your own lifetime that made you.” – Richard A. Morse (2012)
- “Haitian people are beautiful souls, we know how to love.” – Roxane Gay (2018)
- “In the chaotic milieu of post-quake Haiti, the book–rather than the movie–becomes the ultimate commodity.” – Junot Díaz (2010)
- “Haitian slaves defeated Napoleon’s armies, built America’s South and organized the only successful slave revolt in history.” – Mark Kurlansky (2020)
- “Haiti is a place of many contradictions, all of which must be reckoned with in order to understand its story.” – Madison Smartt Bell (2017)
- “Haiti is like someone who inherited some jewels, but remains very poor.” – Jacques Stephen Alexis (1954)
- “Haiti is poverty, death, destruction, but it is also strength, resilience, and hope.” – Yanick Lahens (2014)
WANDERLIST: Ten great travel quotes about Haiti
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