“Then you must tell ’em dat love ain’t somethin’ lak uh grindstone dat’s de same thing everywhere and do de same thing tuh everything it touch. Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”

Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Ch. 20

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American folklorist, novelist, short story writer 1891–1960

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