It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it. – Zora Neale Hurston
The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty. – Zora Neale Hurston
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. – Zora Neale Hurston
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 have been in Sorrow’s kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands. – Zora Neale Hurston
It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams. – Zora Neale Hurston
It’s a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing. – Zora Neale Hurston
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. – Zora Neale Hurston