Teju Cole Quotes

Teju Cole — Nigerian Writer born on June 27, 1975,

Teju Cole is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian... (wikipedia)

In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out capital punishment. The right to take human life belongs to the state. Not so in societies where weak courts and poor law enforcement are combined with intractable structural injustices.

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

I'm not trying to be a poet on Twitter; I'm trying to be aware of the fact that a very simple sentence, well written, can have a very moving effect without that person knowing why. There's a deep genetic part of you that somehow, even without your permission, recognizes good language when it arrives.

I was in New York City on 9/11. Grief remains from that awful day, but not only grief. There is fear, too, a fear informed by the knowledge that whatever my worst nightmare is, there is someone out there embittered enough to carry it out.

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

Teju Cole Quotes

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