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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.
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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Zora N. Hurston
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I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.
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Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and overswept.
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They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.
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