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Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.

Zora Neale Hurston

She starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Herself People See
Truth is a letter from courage!
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Courage Truth
There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.
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Feeling Mindset Sound Touch Word
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Deep Philosophy
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.
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Friendship Live Morning Myself
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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Act Dream Forget Remember Truth Woman
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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Hands Myself
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
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Distance Man
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.
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Deep Heart
She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen.
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Feeling Herself Man Save See
It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.
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Death Fear Herself Understand
Anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something!
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Friendship Lying Scare
Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Black Heart Herself Night
The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Light Sun Walk
There is two things everybody got to find out for themselves. They got to find out about love and they got to find out about living.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Deep Live Love Philosophy
They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Darkness Eyes God

Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.

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