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Zora Neale Hurston Quotes

Zora Neale Hurston quotes about people

American Playwright January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960

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Zora Neale Hurston quote: "Gods always love the people who make em."
Gods always love the people who make em. Zora Neale Hurston
It seems to me to be true that heavens are placed in the sky because it is the unreachable. The unreachable and therefore the unknowable always seems divine--hence, religion. People need religion because the great masses fear life and its consequences. Its responsibilities weigh heavy. Feeling a weakness in the face of great forces, men seek an alliance with omnipotence to bolster up their feeling of weakness, even though the omnipotence they rely upon is a creature of their own minds. ... Zora Neale Hurston
When the people sat around on the porch and passed around the pictures of their thoughts for the others to look at and see, it was nice. The fact that the thought pictures were always crayon enlargements of life made it even nicer to listen to. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less..."
It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing. Zora Neale Hurston
Our lives are so diversified, internal attitudes so varied, appearances and capabilities so different, that there is no possible classification so catholic that it will cover us all, except My people! My people! Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see..."
It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "Gods always behave like the people who make them."
Gods always behave like the people who make them. Zora Neale Hurston
Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships…pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about her granddaughter’s neck tight enough to choke her…She had found a jewel inside herself and she had wanted to walk where people could see her and gleam it around. But she had been set in the market-place to sell. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "If you kin see de light at daybreak, you don't keer if you die..."
If you kin see de light at daybreak, you don't keer if you die at dusk. It's so many people never seen de light at all. 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
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: "It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say."
It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "Trees and plants always look like the people they live with,..."
Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow. Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "she starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what..."
...she starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see... Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their..."
The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty. Zora Neale Hurston

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