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Teju Cole quotes: A mob is not, as is so often said, mindless. A mob is single-minded.

A mob is not, as is so often said, mindless. A mob is single-minded.

Teju Cole quotes: One of the chief characteristics of a mob is its quickness. It is sudden. It pounces.

One of the chief characteristics of a mob is its quickness. It is sudden. It pounces.

Teju Cole quotes: Old-school hip hop, i.e., whatever was popular when you were nineteen, is great. Everything since then is intolerable.

Old-school hip hop, i.e., whatever was popular when you were nineteen, is great. Everything since then is intolerable.

Teju Cole quotes: The energies of Lagos life- creative, malevolent, ambiguous- converge at the bus stops

The energies of Lagos life- creative, malevolent, ambiguous- converge at the bus stops

Teju Cole quotes: We owe ourselves our lives.

We owe ourselves our lives.

Teju Cole quotes: You must have been determined, I said. Well, no, no, you don't think of it like that, she said, you just find what you must do, and you do it.

You must have been determined, I said. Well, no, no, you don't think of it like that, she said, you just find what you must do, and you do it.

Teju Cole quotes: Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.

Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.

Teju Cole quotes: I couldn't remember what life was like before I started walking.

I couldn't remember what life was like before I started walking.

Teju Cole quotes: The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice. It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.

The White Savior Industrial Complex is not about justice. It is about having a big emotional experience that validates privilege.

Teju Cole quotes: One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

One of the difficulties of photography is that it is much better at being explicit than at being reticent.

Teju Cole quotes: This fantasy about the disposability of black life is a constant in American history.

This fantasy about the disposability of black life is a constant in American history.

Teju Cole quotes: Freud suggested that, in normal mourning, one internalizes the dead. The dead are fully assimilated into the living, a process he called introjection.

Freud suggested that, in normal mourning, one internalizes the dead. The dead are fully assimilated into the living, a process he called introjection.

Teju Cole quotes: I schooled in the Boston area.

I schooled in the Boston area.

Teju Cole quotes: It is dangerous to live in a secure world.

It is dangerous to live in a secure world.

Teju Cole quotes: The details were saccharine, but they could not obscure the force and beauty of the painting.

The details were saccharine, but they could not obscure the force and beauty of the painting.

Teju Cole quotes: As he drank more and more, he became inebriated, and began to fashion damaged human beings.

As he drank more and more, he became inebriated, and began to fashion damaged human beings.

Teju Cole quotes: Everything interesting was in the books; it was books that made me aware of the variety of the world.

Everything interesting was in the books; it was books that made me aware of the variety of the world.

Teju Cole quotes: Writing as writing. Writing as rioting. Writing as righting. On the best days, all three.

Writing as writing. Writing as rioting. Writing as righting.
On the best days, all three.

Teju Cole quotes: Swear you'd rather die than use 'literally' as an intensifier.

Swear you'd rather die than use 'literally' as an intensifier.

Teju Cole quotes: The banality of evil transmutes into the banality of sentimentality. The world is nothing but a problem to be solved by enthusiasm.

The banality of evil transmutes into the banality of sentimentality. The world is nothing but a problem to be solved by enthusiasm.

Teju Cole quotes: I often say I've spent more time with photography than I have with literature just in terms of hours.

I often say I've spent more time with photography than I have with literature just in terms of hours.

Teju Cole quotes: I wouldn't have thought her young enough, as I had put her age somewhere north of forty.

I wouldn't have thought her young enough, as I had put her age somewhere north of forty.

Teju Cole quotes: It will finally be broadcast on the national news, to outrage, and to an instant forgetting.

It will finally be broadcast on the national news, to outrage, and to an instant forgetting.

Teju Cole quotes: Always say 'no pun intended' to draw attention to the intended pun.

Always say 'no pun intended' to draw attention to the intended pun.

Teju Cole quotes: The completeness of a child is the most fragile and most powerful thing in the world. A child's confidence is the world's wonder.

The completeness of a child is the most fragile and most powerful thing in the world. A child's confidence is the world's wonder.

Teju Cole quotes: Concentration, the suspension of time, an unobtrusive wit.

Concentration, the suspension of time, an unobtrusive wit.

Teju Cole quotes: I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for you know it is deadly.

I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for you know it is deadly.

Teju Cole quotes: I made an effort to develop a mind of winter.

I made an effort to develop a mind of winter.

Teju Cole quotes: Love perhaps includes the promise that when the mob comes for you I'll go against the mob.

Love perhaps includes the promise that when the mob comes for you I'll go against the mob.

Teju Cole quotes: Dignified refusal can only take you so far. Ask the Congolese.

Dignified refusal can only take you so far. Ask the Congolese.

Teju Cole quotes: Not explicitly, no. Compared to this enormous, relentless evolutionary activity in the built environment, writing is small potatoes.

Not explicitly, no. Compared to this enormous, relentless evolutionary activity in the built environment, writing is small potatoes.

Teju Cole quotes: And it is these heavily armed and poorly paid men who are entrusted with the work of protecting the citizenry.

And it is these heavily armed and poorly paid men who are entrusted with the work of protecting the citizenry.

Teju Cole quotes: What if everything that is to happen has already happened, and only the consequences are playing themselves out?

What if everything that is to happen has already happened, and only the consequences are playing themselves out?

Teju Cole quotes: The site was a palimpsest, as was all the city, written, erased, rewritten.

The site was a palimpsest, as was all the city, written, erased, rewritten.

Teju Cole quotes: Every day is for the thief, but one day is for the owner.

Every day is for the thief, but one day is for the owner.

Teju Cole quotes: People choose, he said, people choose, and they choose on behalf of others.

People choose, he said, people choose, and they choose on behalf of others.

Teju Cole quotes: Life's too short for anxious score-keeping

Life's too short for anxious score-keeping

Teju Cole quotes: Perhaps this is what we mean by sanity: that, whatever our self-admitted eccentricities might be, we are not villains of our own stories.

Perhaps this is what we mean by sanity: that, whatever our self-admitted eccentricities might be, we are not villains of our own stories.

Teju Cole quotes: Never say 'I went to Harvard.' Say 'I schooled in the Boston area.'

Never say 'I went to Harvard.' Say 'I schooled in the Boston area.'

Teju Cole quotes: I adore imaginary monsters, but I am terrified of real ones.

I adore imaginary monsters, but I am terrified of real ones.

Teju Cole quotes: Botanists call it an invasive species. But aren't we all?

Botanists call it an invasive species. But aren't we all?

Teju Cole quotes: Things don't go away just because you choose to forget them.

Things don't go away just because you choose to forget them.

Teju Cole quotes: Originality is little morethan the fine blending of influences.

Originality is little more
than the fine blending of influences.

Teju Cole quotes: It was I, no less solitary than he but having made the lesser use of the morning, who was to be pitied.

It was I, no less solitary than he but having made the lesser use of the morning, who was to be pitied.

Teju Cole quotes: His reverie took him out of the everyday, away from the blankets and the bag of urine.

His reverie took him out of the everyday, away from the blankets and the bag of urine.

Teju Cole quotes: Punitive murder by the police and by vigilantes has existed in all societies at some point, and probably still exists in most.

Punitive murder by the police and by vigilantes has existed in all societies at some point, and probably still exists in most.

Teju Cole quotes: It wasn't a deception: all lovers live on partial knowledge.

It wasn't a deception: all lovers live on partial knowledge.

Teju Cole quotes: An old man with an ashen face and bulbous yellow eyes,

An old man with an ashen face and bulbous yellow eyes,

Teju Cole quotes: As my friend and I talked, a homeless man sang just across the street from us, and we caught his voice in the snatches as the wind came over in

As my friend and I talked, a homeless man sang just across the street from us, and we caught his voice in the snatches as the wind came over in gusts.

Teju Cole quotes: There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner ...

There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner ...