Who said “Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it…”?

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Zora Neale Hurston. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceDust Tracks on a Road (1942)

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“Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.”
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Hurston, Z. N. (n.d.). Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27363-love-i-find-is-like-singing-everybody-can/

MLA

Hurston, Zora Neale. “Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27363-love-i-find-is-like-singing-everybody-can/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Hurston, Zora Neale. “Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27363-love-i-find-is-like-singing-everybody-can/.