Teju Cole Quotes

I suddenly feel a vague pity for all those writers who have to ply their trade from sleepy American suburbs, writing divorce scenes symbolized by the very slow washing of dishes.

Teju Cole

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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.

Owen Arthur
- Good
- Great
- Service
If I could have anything - you know, and this is across the board for any presidential candidate - I would have a greater acknowledgment of history in our policy and in our affairs.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- History
- You
- Know
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Good
- Bad
- Chance
The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.

Ted Nelson
- Sometimes
- Spring
- Prison
I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.

Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
- Together
- Church
- Myself
Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.

Sam Kean
- People
- Work
- Job