It costs you something to do good!

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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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...

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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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

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

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

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

Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it.

Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide 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,...

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...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

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

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

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...

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

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 man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

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

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.