Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they...

It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they...

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...

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

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.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the...

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off...

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off...

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and...

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and...

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

It costs you something to do good!

It costs you something to do good!

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...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

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...

Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it.

Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.