Love is like the sea. It’s a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONHer old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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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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Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.
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If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.
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Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
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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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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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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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Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
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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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One finds great comfort in good dinners.
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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.
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It 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.
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She was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief.
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Truth is a letter from courage!
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