There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.

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Education is all a matter of building bridges.

Education is all a matter of building bridges.

America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain....

America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain....

Commercial rock 'n' roll music is a brutalization of the stream of contemporary Negro church...

Commercial rock 'n' roll music is a brutalization of the stream of contemporary Negro church...

I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone,...

I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone,...

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones...

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones...

Education is all a matter of building bridges

Education is all a matter of building bridges

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.

Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's...

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's...

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed...

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed...

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play...

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play...

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come...

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come...

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also...

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.