Junot Díaz - The Breif Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao (excerpt 5) lyrics

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Junot Díaz - The Breif Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao (excerpt 5) lyrics

"But the string around her neck: three azabaches: the one Oscar wore as a baby, the one that Lola wore as a baby, and the one that Beli was given by La Inca upon reaching Sanctuary. Powerful elder magic. Three barrier shields against the Eye. Backed by six-mile plinth of prayer. (Lola's not stupid; she made both my mother and La Inca the girl's madrinas.) Powerful wards indeed. One day, though, the Circle will fail. As Circles always do. And for the first time she will hear the word fuku. And she will have a dream of the No Face Man. Not now, but soon. If she's her family's daughter–as I suspect she is–one day she will stop being afraid and she will come looking for answers. Not now, but soon. One day when I'm least expecting, there will be a knock at my door… And maybe, just maybe, if she's as smart and as brave as I'm expecting she'll be, she'll take all we've done and all we've learned and add her own insights and she'll put an end to it. That is what, on my best days, I hope. What I dream” (330 Diaz).