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

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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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.

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!

Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!

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...

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...

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

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...

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

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

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That...

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That...

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

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

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

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

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

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

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