It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONIf you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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She had an inside and an outside now and suddenly she knew how not to mix them.
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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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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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Truth is a letter from courage!
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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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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
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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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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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There is two things everybody got to find out for themselves. They got to find out about love and they got to find out about living.
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So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
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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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If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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It was the meanest moment of eternity.
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