This quote suggests life has seasons of understanding. Sometimes you're searching for deep questions, and other times, you find clarity and resolution. It's about a natural cycle of personal growth and discovery over time.
Quote by Zora Neale Hurston: “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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Historical Context
Published in *Their Eyes Were Watching God*, a pivotal novel of the Harlem Renaissance, during the Great Depression. It reflected African American life and culture in the Southern United States.
About the Author
American novelist, anthropologist, and folklorist who documented African American folklore and culture in the rural South and Caribbean during the 1930s and 1940s. Her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is considered a masterwork of twentieth-century American literature.
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