Olivia Chan

“Anybody that competes with slaves becomes a slave," said Harrison thickly, and he left.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

“That man's got a lot of get up and go," said Anita.
"He fills me full of lie down and die," said Paul.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

“Whence all this passion towards conformity anyway? Diversity is the word. Let man keep his many parts and you will have no tyrant states. Why, if they follow this conformity business, they'll end up by forcing me, an invisible man, to become white, which is not a color but the lack of one. Must I strive towards colorlessness? But seriously and without snobbery, think of what the world would lose if that should happen. America is woven of many strands. I would recognize them and let it so remain.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“Play the game, but don’t believe in it – that much you owe yourself … Play the game, but raise the ante, my boy. Learn how it operates, learn how you operate.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man