A great state is a well-blended mash of something of all the people and all of none of the people. The liquor of statecraft is distilled from the mash you got.
Zora Neale HurstonThey bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down.
Zora Neale HurstonSomeone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me.
Zora Neale Hurston