Invisible Man

"America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain."

"Without the possibility of change, life itself would be static and meaningless."

"I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer."

"I had accepted their challenge, their insult, and taken it literally."

"The world is just as concrete, ornery, vile and sublimely wonderful as before, only now I better understand my relation to it."

"Being invisible is not a matter of biochemistry, as you know, but a matter of psychology and the ways of seeing."

"I am invisible, not because of any biochemical accident, but because of the peculiar disposition of the eyes of those who look at me."

"Society was a machine."

"I needed to find out who I was."

"One must descend to ascend."

"I am what they made me."

"What is real anyway?"

"I was looking for an exit and went deeper in."

"Perhaps that invisibility is my greatest asset."

"I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain."

"The mind that believes absurdities will commit atrocities."

"Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?"

"A man without identity is a dead man."

"I must have been a very backward student."

"They've been doing it to us all the time."

"I am not ashamed of my grandfather."

"Power doesn't have to show off."

"I was no longer running away from invisible forces, but running toward something."

"I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions."

"What did they think I was, a machine?"

"I accept their rejection and go ahead."

"The world doesn't see me."

"I might be hurt and still be whole."

"Being invisible provides a sort of freedom."

"I am invisible, not because of any biochemical accident, but because of the peculiar disposition of the eyes of those who look at me."