So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONSo her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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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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There is two things everybody got to find out for themselves. They got to find out about love and they got to find out about living.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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Love, I find, is like singing.
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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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My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
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Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.
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One finds great comfort in good dinners.
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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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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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People can be slave ships in shoes.
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He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different.
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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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.
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Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.
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