Marriage Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

“Long before the year was up, Janie noticed that her husband had stopped talkin to he rin rhymes.” quote by Zora Neale Hurston — Download Open image

““Long before the year was up, Janie noticed that her husband had stopped talkin to he rin rhymes.””

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“They plan and they fix and they do, and then some kitchen-dwelling fiend slips a scorchy, soggy, tasteless mess into their pots and pans…So when the bread didn’t rise, and the fish wasn’t quite done at the bone, and the rice was scorched, he slapped Janie until she had a ringing sound in her ears and told her about her…

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“Ah jus lak uh chicken. Chicken drink water, but he don’t pee-pee.”

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