An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONGrown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.
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She had an inside and an outside now and suddenly she knew how not to mix them.
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She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.
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It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
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Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.
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She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
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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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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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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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Truth is a letter from courage!
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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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No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
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Mystery is the essence of divinity
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I made up my mind to keep my feelings to myself since they did not seem to matter to anyone else but me.
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