Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.
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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She didn’t read books so she didn’t know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop.
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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen.
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If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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Love, I find, is like singing.
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It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.
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You heard me. You ain’t blind.
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Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
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I will fight for my country, but I will not lie for her.
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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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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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My sense of humor will always stand in the way of my seeing myself, my family, my race or my nation as the whole intent of the universe.
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An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. They done ‘heard’ bout you just what they hope done happened.
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If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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