Zora Neale Hurston's Quotes

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

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Zora Neale Hurston

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Zora Neale Hurston

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

Zora Neale Hurston

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

Zora Neale Hurston

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

Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

Zora Neale Hurston