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People can be slave ships in shoes.

Zora Neale Hurston

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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Children Herself Opportunity
Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Herself Thinking Word
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
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. They done ‘heard’ bout you just what they hope done happened.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Heart Hope Yourself
No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Myself World
She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Death Dream Herself Love Marriage Woman
Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Hide Inspirational
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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Act Dream Forget Remember Truth Woman
They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Darkness Eyes God
Bitterness is the coward’s revenge on the world for having been hurt.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Hurt Revenge World
The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Live Marriage Spirit
No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Forever Right
If you kin see de light at daybreak, you don’t keer if you die at dusk. It’s so many people never seen de light at all.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Death Light People See Yourself
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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Black Death Easy Myself
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Purpose Search
Look like she been livin’ through a hundred years in January without one day of spring.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Herself Live Season Spring

People can be slave ships in shoes.

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