

“She went on in her overalls. She was too busy feeling grief to dress like grief.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Ah done been tuh de horizon and back and now Ah kin set heah in mah house and live by comparisons.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Of course he wasn’t dead. He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Husbands and wives always loved each other, and that was what marriage meant. It was just so. Janie felt glad of the thought, for then it wouldn't seem so destructive and mouldy. She wouldn't be lonely anymore.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
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