Love may be a sleepy, creeping thing with some others, but it is a mighty wakening thing with me.

Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road

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Topic

Nature of love Power of love Love

Author

Zora Neale Hurston

Source

Dust Tracks on a Road

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1942.

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Genre
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Time
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De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxieme Sexe [The Second Sex]. Gallimard, 1950, vol. 1, pt. 2, ch. 1.

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If everything is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection.

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Time
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Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

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Here's looking at you, kid.

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Actor
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.