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Zora Neale Hurston Quotes

Zora Neale Hurston quotes

American Playwright January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960

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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with..."
Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships. Zora Neale Hurston
She tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair. The weight, the length, the glory was all there. She took careful stock of herself, then combed her hair and tied it back up again. Zora Neale Hurston
I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster..."
I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "No, I do not weep at the world. I'm too busy sharpening my..."
No, I do not weep at the world. I'm too busy sharpening my oyster knife. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "Long before the year was up, Janie noticed that her husband..."
Long before the year was up, Janie noticed that her husband had stopped talkin to he rin rhymes. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "I made up my mind to keep my feelings to myself since they did..."
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
Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "Oh to be a pear tree? any tree in bloom! With kissing bees..."
Oh to be a pear tree? any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world! Zora Neale Hurston
Finally, she grew quiet. After that, coherent thought. With this, stalked through her a cold, bloody rage; Hours of this; a period of introspection; a space of retrospection; then a mixture of both. Out of this, an awful calm. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen."
She was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "Lack of power and opportunity passes off too often for virtue."
Lack of power and opportunity passes off too often for virtue. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of..."
It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the..."
He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different. Zora Neale Hurston

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