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There's plenty men dat takes a wife lak dey do a joint uh sugar-cane. It's round, juicy an' sweet when dey gits it. But de squeeze an' grind, ...

By Zora Neale Hurston
The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.

By Zora Neale Hurston
She had brought love to the union and he had brought a longing after the flesh.

By Zora Neale Hurston
She saw a dust bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister calxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver ...

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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

By Zora Neale Hurston
There is something about poverty that smells like death.

By Zora Neale Hurston
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.

By Zora Neale Hurston
Mama 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.

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Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.

By Zora Neale Hurston
Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do it enough to impress themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.

By Zora Neale Hurston
It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

By Zora Neale Hurston
I want a busy life, a just mind, and a timely death.

By Zora Neale Hurston
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.

By Zora Neale Hurston
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

By Zora Neale Hurston