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I will fight for my country, but I will not lie for her.

Zora Neale Hurston

No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
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Forever Right
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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Purpose Search
My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
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Doubt Myself
It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.
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Death Fear Herself Understand
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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Deep Philosophy
They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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Darkness Eyes God
When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Dinner Goodness Greatness Love Old Oneself
She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
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Herself Life Struggle
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. They done ‘heard’ bout you just what they hope done happened.
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Heart Hope Yourself
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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God Live
Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
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Hide Himself Love Place Soul
No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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Myself World
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
She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
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Deep Herself
Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches
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Enjoyment Greatness Herself Life Suffering Tree
The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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Live Marriage Spirit

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