hurston Quotes

“Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.”

“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.”

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

“It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.”

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

“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.”

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

“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.”

“I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.”

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