Quote by Ralph Ellison
There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case

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. – Ralph Ellison

Other quotes by Ralph Ellison

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

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Black History
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values. – Ralph Ellison

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Fairy Tales
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The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its purpose is to gratify wishes, as a dream doth flatter. – Susanne K. Langer

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Fairy Tales

This is not simply a story about a frog and a prince. A story about a frog would be biological. A story about a prince would be historical. But a story about a frog-prince is magical, and therein lies all the difference. – Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Child

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Fairy Tales

What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. – G.K. Chesterton

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Fairy Tales

Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose your shoe at midnight, chance are you will be walking home barefoot. – Author unknown

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Fairy Tales

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Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying. – Ron Dellums

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Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble. – Arabic Proverb

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We all participate in weaving the social fabric; we should therefore all participate in patching the fabric when it develops holes. – Anne C. Weisberg

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Drink—wine dissipates sorrow! – Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814), “Of the Sentiments of

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