For some they come in with the tide. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. There was a suppressed murmur when she picked up a basket and went to work. Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the caves and promontories of his mind long before they darted through the tunnel of his mouth. "Their Eyes Were Watching God Quotes." Roles. God made it so you spent yo’ ole age first wid somebody else, and saved up yo’ young girl days to spend wid me” (172). 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.