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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONIt was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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And I can’t die easy thinking maybe the menfolks white or black is making a spit cup out of you. Have some sympathy for me. Put me down easy, Janie, I’m a cracked plate.
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Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.
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He looked like the love thoughts of women.
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It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.
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I love myself when I am laughing. And then again when I am looking mean and impressive.
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You heard me. You ain’t blind.
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He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different.
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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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Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky.
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She didn’t read books so she didn’t know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop.
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An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.
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