Ralph Ellison Quote

It's when you feel like this that, out of resentment, you begin to bump people back. And, let me confess, you feel that way most of the time. You ache with the need to convince yourself that you do exist in the real world, that you're a part of all the sound and anguish, and you strike out with your fists, you curse and you swear to make them recognize you. And, alas, it's seldom successful.

Prologue. - Invisible Man (1952)

It's when you feel like this that, out of resentment, you begin to bump people back. And, let me confess, you feel that way most of the time. You...

It's when you feel like this that, out of resentment, you begin to bump people back. And, let me confess, you feel that way most of the time. You...

It's when you feel like this that, out of resentment, you begin to bump people back. And, let me confess, you feel that way most of the time. You...

It's when you feel like this that, out of resentment, you begin to bump people back. And, let me confess, you feel that way most of the time. You...