“I have never liked stale phrases and bodyless courage. I
have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality,
rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions."— Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), letter to Countee Cullen,
March 5, 1943, quoted in Carla Kaplan, Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters
(2007)Thursday, February 19, 2015
Quote of the Day (Zora Neale Hurston, on Having the ‘Nerve To Walk My Own Way’)
“I have never liked stale phrases and bodyless courage. I
have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality,
rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions."— Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), letter to Countee Cullen,
March 5, 1943, quoted in Carla Kaplan, Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters
(2007)
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