Invisible Man

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Quotes from Invisible Man

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"What was I after? Freedom? Identity? Purpose? All of these and none."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"I had to learn the art of invisibility to survive."
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"The burden of being a spokesperson for one's entire race is unbearable."
The Invisible Man (Narrator) Leadership
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"My mother's prayers followed me though I couldn't see them."
The Invisible Man (Narrator) Faith
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"I sought identity through ideology but found only manipulation."
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"The chaos of Harlem mirrored the chaos within me."
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"I was shocked to discover that I was a man."
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"Liberty Paints: Keep America Pure. The irony was lost on no one but me."
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"The factory and the electro-shock represented the erasure of self."
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"I became the villain in other people's narratives."
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"What did I know of how to live as an invisible man?"
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"To be invisible is to be without responsibility in the eyes of others."
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"I had been searching for identity in the wrong places and the wrong faces."
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"In the darkness, I am finally free to exist as myself."
The Invisible Man (Narrator) Freedom
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"The riot became the moment of my true visibility and invisibility."
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"I must accept what I am, even if the world refuses to acknowledge it."
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"The Brotherhood used me as they would use a broom."
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"I became aware that I had been a fool, but what I wanted to know now was what kind of fool."
The Invisible Man (Narrator) Wisdom
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"Power resides in the hands of those who control perception."
Rinehart Power
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"Brotherhood demands sacrifice and submission of individual will."
Brother Jack Leadership
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"I had been unaware of the true nature of my invisibility until I came to Harlem."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"Society creates invisibility through indifference."
The Invisible Man (Narrator) Justice
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"Identity is a paradox of the visible and invisible."
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"I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer."
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"The invisible man is real, but only if people acknowledge his existence."
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"A man can go anywhere and do anything if he has the proper excuse."
Mr. Norton Power
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"I had to overcome an urge to run, to hide, to escape this moment and this place."
The Invisible Man (Narrator) Fear
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"The world doesn't see you. That's the real invisibility."
The Invisible Man (Narrator) Truth
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"I've often wished it possible for us to exchange the place of the skin in which fate has dressed us."
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"Being invisible provides a kind of freedom."
The Invisible Man (Narrator) Freedom