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

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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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...

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

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

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

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...

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.

Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not...

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...

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

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

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...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

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

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

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...

Gods always love the people who make em.

Gods always love the people who make em.

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

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.