She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONWhen one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
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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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She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen.
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Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
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Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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You heard me. You ain’t blind.
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Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe it’s some place way off in de ocean where de black man is in power, but we don’t know nothin’ but what we see.
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If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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I 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.
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Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.
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A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.
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No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
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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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I love myself when I am laughing. And then again when I am looking mean and impressive.
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