Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONShips at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONSo her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONShe was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONIn the cool afternoon the fiend from hell specifically sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear. Doubt.
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 HURSTONSometimes, 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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONIt seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONShe wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONI don’t know any more about the future than you do. I hope that it will be full of work, because I have come to know by experience that work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find. I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONIf 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.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONMy head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
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 HURSTONNo, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONOne finds great comfort in good dinners.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONMystery is the essence of divinity
ZORA NEALE HURSTONTwo things everybody’s got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin’ fuh theyselves.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON