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Janie Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston
- Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.
- So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time.
- When Janie looked out of her door she saw the drifting mists gathered in the west -- that cloud field of the sky -- to…
- She often spoke to falling seeds and said, "Ah hope you fall on soft ground," because she had heard seeds saying that to each other…
- And I can't die easy thinking maybe the menfolks white or black is making a spit cup out of you. Have some sympathy for me.…
- Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in…
- She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.
More Janie Quotes
- Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place. — Zora Neale Hurston
- So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time. — Zora Neale Hurston
- When Janie looked out of her door she saw the drifting mists gathered in the west -- that cloud field of the… — Zora Neale Hurston
- Janie. Does not like. To be called. Buffy. — Lisa McMann
- So, what are you doing tonight?" Me?" Janie laughs. "Homework, of course." You want company?" Carrie's looking wistful. Do you have homework… — Lisa McMann
- She gets to school late. Bashful gives her a tardy, and won't reconsider. Janie always hated Bashful. Stupidest. Dwarf. Ever. — Lisa McMann
- Cabel smiles and hangs up. "Guess what." What," Janie says. We can go out on our first date." Woo hoo!" And guess… — Lisa McMann
- Janie: Did you ever sell drugs? Cabel: Yes. Pot. Ninth and tenth grade. I was, uh...rather troubled back then. Janie: Why did… — Lisa McMann
- Captain looks at Janie closely. "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph," she says. "You're gonna have a heck of a shiner by the time… — Lisa McMann
- With the notebook resting ominuslously on Janie's bed, Janie procrastinates. Does her homework first. And pours herself a bowl of ceral. Breakfast… — Lisa McMann
- Janie calls Cabel. "Hi, uh, Mom," she says. Cabel snorts. "Hello, dear. Did you make it through the blizzard?" "Yeah. Barely." Janie… — Lisa McMann
- Janie blinks and leans against the wall, just in case. But it's no one's dream. It's just the end of some things.… — Lisa McMann