Ralph Ellison Juneteenth Quotes & Sayings

I thought there were limits to human suffering. At Bir-Jdid, I was to discover that there were none — Malika Oufkir

When the dead are afraid, you know there's a big problem. — Maer Wilson

Words of Emancipation didn't arrive until the middle of June so they called it Juneteenth. So that was it, the night of Juneteenth celebration, his mind went on. The celebration of a gaudy illusion. — Ralph Ellison

So now they're shaking in their boots and looking for someone to give them the answer they want to hear. Not the truth, but some lie that will protect them from the truth — Ralph Ellison

My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet. — Tim Curry

The heart's not an organ but a whisper in your head ... — John Geddes

when the cameras shinning i won't be smiling, instead i'll be wishing he was in the pic wirh me — By Me

It's the little things that find us out, the little things we refuse to do in order to avoid doing the big things that can save us. — Ralph Ellison