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

Zora Neale Hurston

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Hurston, Zora Neale. "How It Feels to Be Colored Me." World Tomorrow, May 1928.

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A quote by Zora Neale Hurston about black experience: “I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in…”

A quote by Zora Neale Hurston about black experience: “I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in…”

A quote by Zora Neale Hurston about black experience: “I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in…”