She starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONThere are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
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She had an inside and an outside now and suddenly she knew how not to mix them.
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They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.
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You heard me. You ain’t blind.
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Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.
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It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.
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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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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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My sense of humor will always stand in the way of my seeing myself, my family, my race or my nation as the whole intent of the universe.
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Bitterness is the coward’s revenge on the world for having been hurt.
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People can be slave ships in shoes.
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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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Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
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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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