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She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her.
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 do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
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I have a strong suspicion . that much that passes for constant love is a golded- up moment walking in its sleep.
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Tell me, and then again show me, so I can know.
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