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

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

No man may make another free.

No man may make another free.

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

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...

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

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

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

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

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 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...

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

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

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

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.