In the cool afternoon the fiend from hell specifically sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear. Doubt.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONWhen one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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She was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief.
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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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She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
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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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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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She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.
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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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Mystery is the essence of divinity
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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
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An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.
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Truth is a letter from courage!
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The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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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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It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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