"Then Joe Starks realized all the meanings and his vanity bled like a flood. Janie had robbed him of his illusion of irresistible maleness that all men cherish, which was terrible. The thing that Saul's daughter had done to David. But Janie had done worse, she had cast down his empty armor before men and they had laughed, and would keep on laughing. When he paraded his possessions hereafter, they would not consider the two together. They'd look with envy at the things and pity the man that owned them. When he sat in judgment it would be the same. Good-for-nothign's like Dave and Lum and Jim wouldn't change place with him. For what can excuse a man in the eyes of other men for lack of strength? Raggedy-behind squirts of sixteen and seventeen would be giving him their merciless pity out of their eyes while their mouths said something humble. There was nothing to do in life anymore. Ambition was useless. And the cruel deceit of Janie! Making all that show of humbleness and scorning him all that time! Laughing at him, and now putting the town up to the same. Joe Starks didn't know the words for all this, but he knew the feelings. So he struck Janie with all his might and drove her from the store."-Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

I just thought this quote was awesome.

I also believe it provided an adequate example of a question proposed in an earlier post as to when it is appropriate to hit a women.

-PChis