They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONLove is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
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One finds great comfort in good dinners.
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My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
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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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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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The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
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Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
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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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It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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You heard me. You ain’t blind.
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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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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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.
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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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