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

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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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...

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...

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off...

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off...

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,...

No man may make another free.

No man may make another free.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only

If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.

One persons concept of wealth, is anothers understanding of poverty.

One persons concept of wealth, is anothers understanding of poverty.