Zora Neale Hurston
Born: 01-01-1901
Zora Neale Hurston was a pioneering African American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker, celebrated for her contributions to African American literature and folklore. Born in 1891 in Alabama, she grew up in Eatonville, Florida, one of the first all-Black towns in the U.S. Her most renowned work, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," showcases her rich storytelling and exploration of racial and gender issues. Hurston's vibrant legacy continues to inspire readers worldwide.
Book summaries for books written by Zora Neale Hurston
Quotes
She had been getting ready for her great journey to the horizons in search of people; it was important to all the world that she should find them and they find her.
Two things everybody's got to do for themselves. They got to go to God, and they got to find out about livin' for themselves.
Sometimes God gits familiar wid us womenfolks too and talks His business.
Love is lak de sea. It's uh movin' thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.
She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree, soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her.
She called in her soul to come and see.
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.
The beginning of things, of a world, the making of a world. The world was to see and heave. But she wasn't having any part of it.
She was borned in slavery time when folks, dat is black folks, didn't sit down anytime dey felt lak it.
It's a known fact you got to go there to know there.
Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn't for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and to do.
The thing to do after looking at it is to go get the things you want.