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Everybody has some special road of thought along which they travel when they are alone to themselves. And his road of thought is what makes every man what he is.
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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The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky.
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