Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONJanie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
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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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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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Bitterness is the coward’s revenge on the world for having been hurt.
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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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In the cool afternoon the fiend from hell specifically sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear. Doubt.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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One finds great comfort in good dinners.
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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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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Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.
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I will fight for my country, but I will not lie for her.
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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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Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.
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The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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