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Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.

Zora Neale Hurston

Anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something!
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Friendship Lying Scare
Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.
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Act Dream Forget Remember Truth Woman
Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.
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Hide Inspirational
Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Flower God Reality Wine
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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Purpose Search
I love myself when I am laughing. And then again when I am looking mean and impressive.
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Appearance Laugh Love Myself
The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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Live Marriage Spirit
Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

God Person
Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe it’s some place way off in de ocean where de black man is in power, but we don’t know nothin’ but what we see.
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Black Man Ocean Place Power See
They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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Darkness Eyes God
No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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Myself World
The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
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Deep Future Past Present
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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Deep Philosophy
One finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Comfort Food Goodness Greatness Oneself
Tea Cake, the son of the Evening Sun, had to die for loving her.
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Death Herself Love Sun
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. They done ‘heard’ bout you just what they hope done happened.
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Heart Hope Yourself

Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.

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Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.

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