There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.

Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road

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Creative impulse Stories Writing

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, ch. 11.

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When you wish upon a star,
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Anything your heart desires will come to you.

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Time
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Yeah, I try to leave out the parts that people skip.

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Time
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Leonard, Elmore. Spoken during Book-of-the-Month Club luncheon. Luncheon. c. 1985, USA.

Another quote from 1942

Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.

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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.