Gin, jazz and dreams were not enough. - Ralph Ellison

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

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

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independence freedom self-discovery self-awareness identity

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Life is as the sea, art a ship in which man conquers life's crushing formlessness, reducing it to a course, a series of swells, tides and wind currents inscribed on a chart.

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