Zora Neale Hurston Quotes & Sayings

40 most famous Zora Neale Hurston quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She was an American dramatist who passed away on 28 January, 1960.

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

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

“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.”

“No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”

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

“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.”

“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.”