“And the mind that has conceived a plan of living must never lose sight of the chaos against which that pattern was conceived. That goes for societies as well as for individuals.”

—  Ralph Ellison , book Invisible Man

Epilogue.
Source: Invisible Man (1952)

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American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer 1914–1994

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