"When people like me, they like me “in spite of my color.” When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my color. Either way, I am locked in to the infernal circle."

"The black man is a man of psychosis."

"The colonized man is an envious man."

"Imperialism leaves behind it, here and there, little clusters of Europeans who, living in an unreal way, begin to feel the need of a fictive superstructure which conceals their alienation."

"The colonized is elevated above his jungle status in proportion to his adoption of the mother country’s cultural standards."