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

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

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

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

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...

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

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

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

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

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

Gods always love the people who make em.

Gods always love the people who make em.

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...

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...

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...

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

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