Their eyes were watching god quotes

My quilt and the quotes represents Janie's constant struggle to find true love and the love for herself as a woman growing up in society.

hair

“Her hair was NOT going to show in the store. It didn’t seem sensible at all. That was because Joe never told Janie how jealous he was. He never told her ….She was in the store for him to look at, not those others” (Hurston, 1998, p.55).

Head rags

“Before she slept that night she burnt up everyone of her head rags and went about the house next morning with her hair in one thick braid swinging well below her waist”(Hurston, 1998, p. 89).

The horizon

“ Here Nanny had taken the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon-for no matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you-and pinched it in to such a little bit way beyond you-and about her grandaughter’s neck tight enough to choke her. She hated the old woman who had twisted her so in the name of love” (Hurston, 1998, p.89).

Pear tree

“The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree, but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that” (Hurston, 1998, p.14).

The Hurricane

"They sat in company with the others in other shanties, their eyes straining against crude 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"