Mystery is the essence of divinity
ZORA NEALE HURSTONLove, I find, is like singing.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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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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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
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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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Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to ‘jump at the sun.’ We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
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An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.
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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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People can be slave ships in shoes.
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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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The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky.
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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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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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So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
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No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
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I will fight for my country, but I will not lie for her.
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