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There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.

Zora Neale Hurston

Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
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Distance Man
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.
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Angry Beyond Company Feeling Myself
Anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something!
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Friendship Lying Scare
No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Forever Right
It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Death Fear Herself Understand
Look like she been livin’ through a hundred years in January without one day of spring.
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Herself Live Season Spring
The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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Live Marriage Spirit
If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Enjoyment Pain Silence Yourself
A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Big Distance Time
No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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Myself World
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Purpose Search
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Deep Philosophy
She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
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Herself Life Struggle
Mystery is the essence of divinity
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Divine Mystery One Liner
There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Feeling Mindset Sound Touch Word
And I can’t die easy thinking maybe the menfolks white or black is making a spit cup out of you. Have some sympathy for me. Put me down easy, Janie, I’m a cracked plate.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON

Black Death Easy Myself

There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.

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There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.

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