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Ralph Ellison Quotes: Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.
         

Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.


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This page presents the quote "Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.". Author of this quote is Ralph Ellison. This quote is about blindness, dream, love, beauty,.