It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

No man may make another free.

No man may make another free.

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that...

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that...

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have...

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected...

It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected...

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Gods always love the people who make em.

Gods always love the people who make em.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in...

Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in...

Nowadays men cannot love seven night but they must have all their desires: that love...

Nowadays men cannot love seven night but they must have all their desires: that love...

But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning; Never sick, never...

But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning; Never sick, never...