Zora Neale Hurston - I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow...

I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all.... I do not weep at the world -- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

Zora Neale Hurston

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I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all.... I do not weep at the world -- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

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