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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.
Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston
Age: 69 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 7
Died: 1960
Died: January 28
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Oh to be a pear tree – any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world!
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All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.
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No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.
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Why fear? The stuff of my being is matter, ever changing, ever moving, but never lost so what need of denominations and creeds to deny myself the comfort of all my fellow men? The wide belt of the universe has no need for finger-rings. I am one with the infinite and need no other assurance.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.
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When the people sat around on the porch and passed around the pictures of their thoughts for the others to look at and see, it was nice. The fact that the thought pictures were always crayon enlargements of life made it even nicer to listen to.
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It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.
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I know that nothing is destructible things merely change forms.
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Everybody is two beings: one lives and flourishes in the daylight and stands guard. The other being walks and howls at night.
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The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
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The very best place to be in all the world is St. Mary's parish, Jamaica. And the best spot in St. Mary's is Port Maria, though all of St. Mary's is fine. Old Maker put himself to a lot of trouble to make that part of the island of Jamaica, for everything there is perfect.
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If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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it seems that tears and laughter, love and hate, make up the sum of life!
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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.
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It costs you something to do good!
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