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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONMama 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.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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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.
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There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.
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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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I don’t know any more about the future than you do. I hope that it will be full of work, because I have come to know by experience that work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find. I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.
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It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.
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In the cool afternoon the fiend from hell specifically sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear. Doubt.
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Tea Cake, the son of the Evening Sun, had to die for loving her.
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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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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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I have been in Sorrow’s kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands.
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Truth is a letter from courage!
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A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.
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Anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something!
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
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