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It was the meanest moment of eternity.

Zora Neale Hurston

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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Grown Up People Thinking
Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to ‘jump at the sun.’ We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
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Children Herself Opportunity
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.
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Deep Eyes Food Man Nature Philosophy Season See
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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Hide Love Place Soul
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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Deep Philosophy
One finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Comfort Food Goodness Greatness Oneself
Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.
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Hide Inspirational
She starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see.
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Herself People See
Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.
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Fantasy Imagination Ocean People See
She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.
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Herself Kill Life
She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
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Herself Life Struggle
I love myself when I am laughing. And then again when I am looking mean and impressive.
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Appearance Laugh Love Myself
Love is like the sea. It’s a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
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Different Love Sea
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
They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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Darkness Eyes God
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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Family Humor Myself Nation See

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