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Perhaps I am just a coward who loves to laugh at life better than I do cry with it. But when I do get to crying, boy, I can roll a mean tear.
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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She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.
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I hold that any religion that satisfies the individual urge is valid for that person.
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