My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
ZORA NEALE HURSTONSome people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.
More Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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She wanted to struggle with life but it seemed to elude her.
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One finds great comfort in good dinners.
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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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Mystery is the essence of divinity
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No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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Anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something!
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.
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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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They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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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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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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Truth is a letter from courage!
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She didn’t read books so she didn’t know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop.
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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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