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  • It's Hard to Stay Mad When There's So Much Beauty in the World

    Beauty   Mad   World  
  • When Janie looked out of her door she saw the drifting mists gathered in the west -- that cloud field of the sky -- to arm themselves with thunders and march forth against the world. Louder and higher and lower and wider the sound and motion spread, mounting, sinking, darking.

    Doors   Sky   Clouds  
    Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.189, University of Illinois Press
  • Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

    Distance   Men   Navy  
    Their Eyes Were Watching God ch. 1 (1937)
  • I lurve you, circus freak," Cabel says. It almost hurts to hear him say that. I lurve you, too, you big lumpy monster man," Janie says. That hurts even more to say.

    Hurt   Men   Monsters  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Gone”, p.39, Simon and Schuster
  • Women forget all the things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget.

    Their Eyes Were Watching God ch. 1 (1937)
  • Janie: So you're a double agent? Cabel: Sure.That sounds sexy.

    Sexy   Sound   Agents  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Wake”, p.176, Simon and Schuster
  • And I can't die easy thinking maybe the menfolks white or black is making a spit cup out of you. Have some sympathy for me. Put me down easy, Janie, I'm a cracked plate.

    Thinking   White   Black  
  • Oftentimes when I do a project I do get influenced by the wardrobe. I certainly learned a lot from 'Mad Men' and from Janie (Bryant) in particular. She's just so fabulous.

    Men   Mad   Fabulous  
    "Christina Hendricks: What Joan from start of 'Mad Men' would tell Joan at the end". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. March 1, 2016.
  • Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.

    Crush   Self   Soul  
    Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.155, University of Illinois Press
  • No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

    Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.109, University of Illinois Press
  • She gets to school late. Bashful gives her a tardy, and won't reconsider. Janie always hated Bashful. Stupidest. Dwarf. Ever.

    School   Dwarves   Giving  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.42, Simon and Schuster
  • She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.

    Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.249, Feminist Press at CUNY
  • She often spoke to falling seeds and said, "Ah hope you fall on soft ground," because she had heard seeds saying that to each other as they passed. The familiar people and things had failed her so she hung over the gate and looked up the road towards way off. She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman.

    Dream   Fall   People  
  • Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the same horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.

    Life   Dream   Women  
    Their Eyes Were Watching God ch. 1 (1937)
  • You're asking for trouble, Hannagan," he growls. "And you would be....?" Janie asks. She giggles. "Trouble.

    Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.62, Simon and Schuster
  • Janie blinks and leans against the wall, just in case. But it's no one's dream. It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others.

    Dream   Wall   Janie  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.140, Simon and Schuster
  • Janie calls Cabel. "Hi, uh, Mom," she says. Cabel snorts. "Hello, dear. Did you make it through the blizzard?" "Yeah. Barely." Janie grins into the phone.

    Mom   Phones   Hello  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.84, Simon and Schuster
  • Janie. Does not like. To be called. Buffy.

    Doe   Janie  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.107, Simon and Schuster
  • Down through the years certain fads of slang had come and gone, and their vestiges could be found in Janie's and Mabel's conversation, like mastodon bones in a swamp.

    Years   Gone   Swamps  
  • Janie’s hip buzzes again. Maybe she'll have to have her whole leg amputated, she thinks sadly. That would really suck.

    Thinking   Legs   Hips  
  • Janies lips part in surprise. She takes it. Feels really strange about opening it in front of him. She wets her lips and examines the box and the ribbon that surounds it. "Thank you." She says softly. "Um..." He clears his throat, "The gift, see is actually inside the box. The box is like an extra bonus gift.It's how we do things here on planet Earth.

    Bonus   Earth   Ribbons  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.51, Simon and Schuster
  • With the notebook resting ominuslously on Janie's bed, Janie procrastinates. Does her homework first. And pours herself a bowl of ceral. Breakfast - one of the five most important meals of the day. Not to be skipped.

  • Do you still love me, Janie?' Janie stares at him, incredulous. 'Yes, of course! I don't say it lightly.' 'Say it lightly in my ear,' he demands. She smiles, rests her soft cheek on his scratchy one, and whispers it. 'I love you, Cabe.

    Love You   Ears   Demand  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.136, Simon and Schuster
  • Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches

    Tree   Dawn   Done  
    Zora Neale Hurston (1937). “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, p.12, University of Illinois Press
  • Janie: Did you ever sell drugs? Cabel: Yes. Pot. Ninth and tenth grade. I was, uh...rather troubled back then. Janie: Why did you stop? Cabel: Got busted, and Captain made me a better deal. Janie: So you've been a narc since then? Cabel: I cringe at your terminology.

    Drug   Captains   Pot  
  • So, what are you doing tonight?" Me?" Janie laughs. "Homework, of course." You want company?" Carrie's looking wistful. Do you have homework to do?" Of course. WEther I do it or not is the real question.

    Real   Laughing   Tonight  
    Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.40, Simon and Schuster
  • Cabel smiles and hangs up. "Guess what." What," Janie says. We can go out on our first date." Woo hoo!" And guess what else- You're buying." Me? Why?" Because you lost the bet." Janie thinks for a moment. Punches Cabel in the arm. "You did not fail five quizzes or tests!" I did. I have proof.

    Thinking   Arms   Tests  
  • So Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time.

    Orange   Green   Janie  
    Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.249, Feminist Press at CUNY
  • Captain looks at Janie closely. "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph," she says. "You're gonna have a heck of a shiner by the time the day's over. Did you black our?" "I...uh..." Janie shrugs. "I really have no idea." "Yes, I think she did." Cabel cuts in. "I'm going to need to watch her all day. And probably all night, too," he adds. Very, very seriously. The captain throws a rubber eraser at him and sends him out for coffee.

    Jesus   Coffee   Cutting  
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