Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean wit… - Zora Neale Hurston

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Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships…pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about her granddaughter’s neck tight enough to choke her…She had found a jewel inside herself and she had wanted to walk where people could see her and gleam it around. But she had been set in the market-place to sell.

Zora Neale Hurston

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About Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston (7 January 1891 – 28 January 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best remembered for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).

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Alternative Names: Zora N. Hurston

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Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships.

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