• I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

  Ralph Ellison
  American writer and essayist 1914-1994
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. understand
2. substance
3. liquids
4. possess
5. because
6. people

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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. by : Ralph Ellison

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