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Ralph Ellison quotes

American Author March 1, 1914 – April 16, 1994

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Ralph Ellison quote: "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to..."
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Ralph Ellison
Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination—indeed, everything and anything except me. Ralph Ellison
And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon to find that my first northern winter had set. Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "And I knew that it was better to live out one's absurdity than..."
And I knew that it was better to live out one's absurdity than to die for that of others. Ralph Ellison
And the mind that has conceived a plan of living must never lose sight of the chaos against which that pattern was conceived. That goes for societies as well as for individuals. Ralph Ellison
I was pulled this way and that for longer than I can remember. And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own. I have also been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man. Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "When I discover who I am, I'll be free."
When I discover who I am, I'll be free. Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "When I discover who I am, I’ll be free"
When I discover who I am, I’ll be free Ralph Ellison
I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest. Or when, even as just now I've tried to articulate exactly what I felt to be the truth. No one was satisfied Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked."
Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked. Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it."
The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it. Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and..."
America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers."
There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers. Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "All it takes to get along in this here man's town is a little..."
All it takes to get along in this here man's town is a little shit, grit, and mother-wit. Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison quote: "Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation..."
Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action. Ralph Ellison

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