She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONI will fight for my country, but I will not lie for her.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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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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The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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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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It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.
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Two things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin’ fuh theyselves.
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You heard me. You ain’t blind.
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She was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief.
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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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A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.
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It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
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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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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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