The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONIt 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.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
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He looked like the love thoughts of women.
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Bitterness is the coward’s revenge on the world for having been hurt.
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I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.
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She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
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She starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see.
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They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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I will fight for my country, but I will not lie for her.
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Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe it’s some place way off in de ocean where de black man is in power, but we don’t know nothin’ but what we see.
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If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
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An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.
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The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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Truth is a letter from courage!
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