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Zora Neale Hurston — Portrait after a picture by Carl Van Vechten (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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Zora Neale Hurston

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate

1891–1960

7 quotes.

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), Ch. 10: Research, p. 143
- Knowledge
- Science
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Ch. 1, p. 9
- Hope
Gods always behave like the people who make them.
Tell My Horse (1938), Ch. 15, p. 219
- God
- Religion
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Ch. 3, p. 21
- Time
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), Ch. 14: Love, p. 203
- Love
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me.
“How It Feels to Be Colored Me” (1928)
- Anger
- Race
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.
Dust Tracks on a Road (1942), Ch.2: My Folks, p. 13
- Family
- Motivation & Goals

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