No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONShe was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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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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She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.
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So 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.
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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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It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.
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When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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It 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.
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Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
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A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.
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My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
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Mystery is the essence of divinity
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Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.
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She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
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