Top 10 Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was an influential African American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She is best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," published in 1937. Hurston was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement during the 1920s that celebrated African American cultural expressions and identity. Her work often explored themes of racial identity, folklore, and the lives of African American women. In addition to her literary contributions, Hurston conducted anthropological research on African American and Caribbean folklore, which greatly influenced her writing.

Top 10 Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

1. "There are years that ask questions and years that answer."
— Zora Neale Hurston

2. "Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place."
— Zora Neale Hurston

3. "I love myself when I am laughing... and then again when I am looking mean and impressive."
— Zora Neale Hurston

4. "If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it."
— Zora Neale Hurston

5. "Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose."
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6. "I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions."
— Zora Neale Hurston

7. "If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all. It might be better to ask yourself 'Why?' afterward than before..."
— Zora Neale Hurston

8. "Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore."
— Zora Neale Hurston

9. "When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over."
— Zora Neale Hurston

10. "Two things everybody's got tuh do fuh theyselves. They got tuh go tuh God, and they got tuh find out about livin' fuh theyselves."
— Zora Neale Hurston