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Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker.
* She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, in 1891.
* She moved to Eatonville, Florida, in 1894, and later used the town as the setting for many of her stories.
* She attended Howard University and Barnard College, where she studied anthropology.
* She conducted extensive research on African-American folklore in the South.
* She published four novels, including Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), which is considered a classic of American literature.
* She also wrote short stories, plays, and essays.
* She died in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1960.
* Her work has been rediscovered and celebrated in recent years, and she is now considered one of the most important figures in American literature.

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

Zora Neale Hurston

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Zora Neale Hurston

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.

Zora Neale Hurston

I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living.

Zora Neale Hurston

Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.

Zora Neale Hurston

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