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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

Zora Neale Hurston

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  Love, I find, is like singing.

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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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  It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.

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  The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky.

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