Perhaps to lose a sense of where you are implies the danger… - Ralph Ellison

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Perhaps to lose a sense of where you are implies the danger of losing a sense of who you are. That must be it, I thought — to lose your direction is to lose your face.

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Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American writer and academic known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.

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Perhaps to lose a sense of where you are implies the danger of losing a sense of who you are.

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