Zora Neale Hurston
Love, I find, is like singing. Everyone can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.
Zora Neale HurstonNo matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
Zora Neale HurstonIt seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
Zora Neale HurstonNothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.
Zora Neale HurstonIt is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams.
Zora Neale HurstonGods always behave like the people who make them.
Zora Neale HurstonGrab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Zora Neale HurstonSometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.
Zora Neale HurstonResearch is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and that they dwell therein.
Zora Neale HurstonMama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
Zora Neale HurstonBut for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem.
Zora Neale HurstonThere is something about poverty that smells like death.
Zora Neale HurstonIt was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion.
Zora Neale HurstonIt costs you something to do good!
Zora Neale HurstonAn envious heart makes a treacherous ear.
Zora Neale HurstonWhen one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
Zora Neale HurstonThere are years that ask questions and years that answer.
Zora Neale HurstonLove makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale HurstonResearch is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Zora Neale HurstonIt seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
Zora Neale Hurston
