If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

It costs you something to do good!

It costs you something to do good!

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gods always love the people who make em.

Gods always love the people who make em.

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...

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...

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

No man may make another free.

No man may make another free.

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

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