Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature. Hurston was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ell...
Zora Neale Hurston Faith
Zora Neale Hurston Life
It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. We will go where the internal drive carries us like everybody else. It is up to the individual. Zora Neale Hurston
It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. We will go where the internal drive carries us like everybody else. It is up to the individual.
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. Zora Neale Hurston
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow. Zora Neale Hurston
Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners. Zora Neale Hurston
When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. Zora Neale Hurston
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.
I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump. Zora Neale Hurston
I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor. Zora Neale Hurston
The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say. Zora Neale Hurston
It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.
Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground. Zora Neale Hurston
Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. Zora Neale Hurston
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
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
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.
There are years that ask questions and years that answer. Zora Neale Hurston
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.