Zora Neale Hurston: "Sangat mudah untuk berharap di siang hari ketika...

"Sangat mudah untuk berharap di siang hari ketika Anda dapat melihat hal-hal yang Anda inginkan. Tapi itu malam, malam itu tinggal. Night berjalan melintasi ketiadaan dengan seluruh dunia di tangannya. . . Mereka duduk bersama dengan yang lain di pondok-pondok lain, mata mereka menatap dinding yang kejam dan jiwa mereka bertanya apakah Dia bermaksud mengukur kekuatan lemah mereka terhadap milik-Nya. Mereka tampak menatap gelap, tetapi mata mereka melihat Tuhan."

--- Zora Neale Hurston

Versi Bahasa Inggris

It is so easy to be hopeful in the daytime when you can see the things you wish on. But it was night, it stayed night. Night was striding across nothingness with the whole round world in his hands . . . They sat in company with the others in other shanties, their eyes straining against cruel walls and their souls asking if He meant to measure their puny might against His. They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.