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Tea Cake, the son of the Evening Sun, had to die for loving her.

Zora Neale Hurston

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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Children Herself Opportunity
I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.
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Illusion Myself Reality Search Walk
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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Different Love Philosophy Sea
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. They done ‘heard’ bout you just what they hope done happened.
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Heart Hope Yourself
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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Deep Philosophy
People can be slave ships in shoes.
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People Slave
Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof.
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Grown Up People Thinking
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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Herself Moon Rise
They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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Darkness Eyes God
Oh to be a pear tree – any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world!
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Beginning Kiss Sing Tree World
Anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something!
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Friendship Lying Scare
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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Friendship Live Morning Myself
There is nothing to make you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.
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Human Yourself
When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Dinner Goodness Greatness Love Old Oneself
One finds great comfort in good dinners.
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Comfort Food Goodness Greatness Oneself
In the cool afternoon the fiend from hell specifically sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear. Doubt.
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Doubt Hell Love

Tea Cake, the son of the Evening Sun, had to die for loving her.

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