"I am not bloodthirsty and have no yearning for strife, but if what they say is true,that there must be this upset, why not make it cosmic? A lot of people would joining for the drama of it, who would not be moved by guile. I do not say that my conclusions about anything are true for the Universe, but I have lived in many ways, sweet and bitter, and they feel right for me. I have seen and heard. I have sat in judgment on the ways of others, and in the voiceless quiet of the night I have also called myself to judgment."
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"I have given myself the pleasure of sunrises blooming out of oceans, and sunsets drenching heaped-up clouds. I have walked in storms with a crown of clouds about my head and the zig zag lightning playing through my fingers. The gods of the upper air have uncovered their faces to my eyes. I have made friends with trees and vales. I have found out that my real home is in the water, that the earth is only my step-mother. My old man, the Sun, sired me out of the sea.”
(Zora Neale Hurston)
