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 as they passed. The familiar people and things had failed her so she hung over the gate and looked up the road towards way off. She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman.

You'se something tuh make uh man forgit to git old and forgit tuh die.

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams.

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

Africa has her mouth on Moses.

It was the meanest moment of eternity.

Every tub sits on its bottom.