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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Book by Zora Neale Hurston · 9 quotes · Men, Janie, Zora Neale Hurston

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“All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.”