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There are years that ask questions and years that answer. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1937Black experience1 quote
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes... I do not weep at the world-I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1928Creative impulse1 quote
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1942Dreams1 quote
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1937Experiencing things1 quote
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 a sword in my hands. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1942Love1 quote
Love may be a sleepy, creeping thing with some others, but it is a mighty wakening thing with me. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1942Nature of God1 quote
Gods always behave like the people who make them. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1938Nature of love1 quote
Love may be a sleepy, creeping thing with some others, but it is a mighty wakening thing with me. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1942Power of love1 quote
Love may be a sleepy, creeping thing with some others, but it is a mighty wakening thing with me. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1942Questions1 quote
There are years that ask questions and years that answer. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1937Sadness1 quote
No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1937School of life1 quote
There are years that ask questions and years that answer. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1937Stories1 quote
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1942The human condition1 quote
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1937Writing1 quote
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you. — Zora Neale Hurston · 1942