Zora Neale Hurston on stories

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.

Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography

Until you reach middle age and then cake after 9:00pm basically sets your chest on fire. Not always, just sometimes, and not every cake, but it happens enough that you start second guessing any cake before bed. That’s agony, Zora.

But also writing is really hard.