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

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

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...

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'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...

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...

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

No man may make another free.

No man may make another free.

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...

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.

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...

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...

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

People can be slave-ships in shoes.