Zora Neale Hurston Quotes

American - Dramatist January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960

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

Zora Neale Hurston

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Zora Neale Hurston

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

Zora Neale Hurston

Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it.

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

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

Zora Neale Hurston

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Zora Neale Hurston

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

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

Zora Neale Hurston

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

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.

Zora Neale Hurston