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All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the

All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.

Zora Neale Hurston
Fear, Real, Flower
Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.174, University of Illinois Press

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Zora Neale Hurston
Happiness, Inspiring, Fear
Zora Neale Hurston (2010). “Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography”, p.38, Harper Collins

Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear, and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom.

Zora Neale Hurston
Fear, Men, Suffering
Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.174, University of Illinois Press

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