Zora Neale Hurston Quotes

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.

An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.

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

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It`s beyond me.

Don`t you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off on a journey unless it`s in the sea, and it`s homesick, and bound to make its way home someday

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.