I remember that I'm invisible and walk softly so as not awa… - Ralph Ellison

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I remember that I'm invisible and walk softly so as not awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

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

[T]here are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

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