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Ah done been in sorrow's kitchen and Ah done licked out all de pots. Ah done died in grief and been buried in de bitter waters, and Ah done rose agin from de dead lak Lazarus.

— Zora Neale Hurston Lucy in Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934)

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Love, I find is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.

Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

Tell My Horse (1938)

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

Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein.

Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to "jump at de sun." We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

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