She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONShe had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONSo 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 HURSTONThey seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONShe stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONNothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONThe spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONTea Cake, the son of the Evening Sun, had to die for loving her.
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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONHalf Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONAnd 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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONTruth is a letter from courage!
ZORA NEALE HURSTONI made up my mind to keep my feelings to myself since they did not seem to matter to anyone else but me.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONThose that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONI have been in Sorrow’s kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONBitterness is the coward’s revenge on the world for having been hurt.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONMama exhorted her children at every opportunity to ‘jump at the sun.’ We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON