Zora Neale Hurston — "I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood o…"

I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peak of happiness and seen the world. I have been loved and hated, and I have done some of both. I have been a friend and an enemy. I have been a teacher and a student. I have been a lover and a hater. I have been a winner and a loser. I have been a victim and an aggressor. I have been a saint and a sinner. I have been a hero and a villain. I have been a god and a demon. I have been a king and a pauper. I have been a warrior and a peacemaker. I have been a giver and a taker. I have been a creator and a destroyer. I have been a builder and a wrecker. I have been a healer and a killer. I have been a savior and a destroyer. I have been a life-giver and a death-dealer. I have been a good person and a bad person. I have been a human being.