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She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.

Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.249, Feminist Press at CUNY
She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.