I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONNothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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You heard me. You ain’t blind.
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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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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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Mystery is the essence of divinity
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If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
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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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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
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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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If you kin see de light at daybreak, you don’t keer if you die at dusk. It’s so many people never seen de light at all.
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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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People can be slave ships in shoes.
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