Zora Neale Hurston - Folks Quotes

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Tain't no use in you cryin'... But folks is meant to cry 'bout somethin' or other. Better leave things de way dey is. Youse young yet. No tellin' whut mout happen befo' you die.

Zora Neale Hurston
As de old folks always say, Ah'm born but Ah ain't dead. No tellin' what Ah'm liable tuh do yet.

Zora Neale Hurston
Grown people know that they do not always know the why of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof. Hence the irritation they show when children keep on demanding to know if a thing is so and how the grown folks got the proof of it. It is so troublesome because it is disturbing to the pigeonhole way of life.

Zora Neale Hurston
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.

Zora Neale Hurston
She [Ethel Waters] is one of the strangest bundles of people that I have ever met. You can just see the different folks wrapped up in her if you associate with her long. Just like watching an open fire — the color and shape of her personality is never the same twice.

Zora Neale Hurston
Lord, how some folks can't lie! They don't wait to find out a thing. Some of 'em so expert on minding folks' business that they kin look at de smoke coming out yo' chimbley and tell you what you cooking.

Zora Neale Hurston