I had grown up with no definite perceptions of social differences.Narrator
The power of a woman's will is not to be measured by man's standard.Narrator
I thank God I am a man of iron nerve, to do my duty in the teeth of the world.Narrator
I felt within me a pride, a triumph, a happiness unutterable.Narrator
It was then I discovered that nothing of pleasure has any real pleasure without her.Narrator
I could not forgive her for begetting me of a man; how could I ever forgive her for bearing me of a man?Narrator
My life has been full of ups and downs, but in the main it has been a hard fight.Narrator
I am an ordinary man, just like the millions of others in this world.Narrator
I had always looked forward to my university days as a period of pleasure unmixed with any of the harsher realities of life.Narrator
It is a peculiar sensation, this double consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others.Narrator
The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world.Narrator
Freedom should not be bestowed as a gift, but offered as a privilege to be deserved.Narrator
I found in my mother a tender, loving parent who was always doing her utmost for my comfort and happiness.Narrator
There is no caste in blood.Narrator
Yet it is a strange dynamo that transforms hopelessness into fear, inertia into violent action, and despair into a rebellion.Narrator