Quote by: Zora Neale Hurston

She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight.


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Author Bio


  • NameZora Neale Hurston
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • BornJanuary 7, 1891
  • DiedJanuary 28, 1960
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAnthropologist; Historian; Author; Novelist
  • WorksTheir Eyes Were Watching God; Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Women's Hall Of Fame