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1 " It is unclear which terrified the authorities most: the revolutionary potential of the Marxist 'subversives', based on class, or that of the UNIA, based on race. "
― Mary Chamberlain , Empire and Nation-building in the Caribbean: Barbados, 1937-66
2 " cherries. "
― Mary Chamberlain , The Dressmaker's War
3 " And now the chiffon.’ Veils of mystery and a taffeta lining, oyster and pearl and precious lustres. Ada loved the way the clothes transformed her. She could be fire, or water, air or earth. Elemental. Truthful. This was who she was. She would lift her arms as if to embrace the heavens and the fabric would drift in the gossamer breeze; "
4 " E ela se perguntou como era possível fazer da miséria uma religião. "
