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She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.

Zora Neale Hurston

She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Deep Herself
She starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see.
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Herself People See
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 HURSTON

Friendship Live Morning Myself
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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Black Death Easy Myself
They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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Darkness Eyes God
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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Deep Philosophy
When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Dinner Goodness Greatness Love Old Oneself
I made up my mind to keep my feelings to myself since they did not seem to matter to anyone else but me.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Mindset Myself
There is no single face in nature, because every eye that looks upon it, sees it from its own angle. So every man’s spice-box seasons his own food.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Deep Eyes Food Man Nature Philosophy Season See
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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Herself Thinking Word
Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.
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Black Heart Herself Night
My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
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Doubt Myself
It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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Forever Moments One Liner
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Distance Man
Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches
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Enjoyment Greatness Herself Life Suffering Tree
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 Up People Thinking

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