She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONShe stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
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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. They done ‘heard’ bout you just what they hope done happened.
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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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Truth is a letter from courage!
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It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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People can be slave ships in shoes.
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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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It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.
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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.
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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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She was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief.
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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Bitterness is the coward’s revenge on the world for having been hurt.
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The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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