I felt that even when they were polite they hardly saw me, that they would have begged the pardon of Jack the Bear, never glancing his way if the bear happened to be walking along minding his business. It was confusing. I did not know if it was desirable or undesirable.
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I … - Ralph Ellison
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I …
- Ralph Ellison
It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow. - Ralph Ellison
It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.
I am nobody but myself. - Ralph Ellison
I am nobody but myself.
Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. - Ralph Ellison
Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
Education is all a matter of building bridges. - Ralph Ellison
Education is all a matter of building bridges.
If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my de… - Ralph Ellison
If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my de…
When I discover who I am, I'll be free. - Ralph Ellison
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. - Ralph Ellison
I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.
The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it. - Ralph Ellison
The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it.
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