88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up
From Hurston's autobiography Dust Tracks on a Road (1942), Chapter 10, page 143. Modern author (post-1930) — kept to this one short, widely-quoted line per copyright care rule.
Work
Dust Tracks on a Road
Occasion
1942 · United States · autobiography
Sources checked
en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026sourced to Dust Tracks on a Road, 1942, Ch. 10, p. 143
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