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An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.

An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.

Zora Neale Hurston
Heart, Ears, Envious
Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.8, University of Illinois Press

every heart has its graveyard.

Zora Neale Hurston
Heart, Sorrow, Graveyard

There is something about poverty that smells like death. Dead dreams dropping off the heart like leaves in a dry season and rotting around the feet; impulses smothered too long in the fetid air of underground caves. The soul lives in sickly air. People can be slaveships in shoes.

Zora Neale Hurston
Dream, Heart, Smell
Zora Neale Hurston (1990). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, Harper Perennial

When we sing the blues, we're singin' out our hearts, we're singing out our feelings. Maybe we're hurt and just can't answer back, then we sing or maybe even hum the blues.

Zora Neale Hurston
Hurt, Heart, Feelings

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