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| Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison |
Information About Invisible Man
Name of Book : Invisible Man
Author : Ralph Ellison
Genre : Novel
Pages : 581
Language : English
Country : United State
Publication date : April 14, 1952
Publisher : Random House
Quotes From Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
1. “ The truth is the light and the light is the truth. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
2. “ After years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
3. “ I feel the need to reaffirm all of it, the whole unhappy territory and all the things loved and unloveable in it, for it is all part of me. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
4. “ When I discover who I am, I’ll be free. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
5. “ Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
6. “ Some things are just too unjust for words, and too ambiguous for either speech or ideas. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
7. “ 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. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
8. “ It was unbelievable, but perhaps only the unbelievable could be believed. Perhaps the truth was always a lie. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
9. “ When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything and anything except ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
10. “ 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 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. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
11. “ 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 ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
12. “ Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
13. “ All dreamers and sleepwalkers must pay the price, and even the invisible victim is responsible for the fate of all. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
14. “ I remember that I’m invisible and walk softly so as not awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
15. “ If only all the contradictory voices shouting inside my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn't care as long as they sang without dissonance. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
16. “ Power doesn’t have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
17. “ I do not know if all cops are poets, but I know that all cops carry guns with triggers. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
18. “ What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do? ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
19. “ ower doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison
20. “ America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. ”
— Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison