Oh to be a pear tree – any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world!
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.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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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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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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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.
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Tea Cake, the son of the Evening Sun, had to die for loving her.
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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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People can be slave ships in shoes.
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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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Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.
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Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
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A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.
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She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.
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I made up my mind to keep my feelings to myself since they did not seem to matter to anyone else but me.
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My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
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