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

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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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...

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.

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.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the...

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 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...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

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 makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

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...

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...

Gods always love the people who make em.

Gods always love the people who make em.