Author: Zora Neale Hurston

Quotes

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.

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.

- Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

- Zora Neale Hurston

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.

- Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

- Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

- Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

- Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

- Zora Neale Hurston

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams.

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams.

- Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

- Zora Neale Hurston

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