Zora Neale Hurston on family
Zora Neale Hurston76 quotes“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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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston Look like she been livin’ through a hundred years in January without one day of spring.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston One finds great comfort in good dinners.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston Anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something!
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston 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.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston Two things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin’ fuh theyselves.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston There is two things everybody got to find out for themselves. They got to find out about love and they got to find out about living.
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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