“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
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“No, I do not weep at the world. I'm too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
― Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, & Other Writings
― Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, & Other Writings
“If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.”
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“Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
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