"To be alive, it seemed to me, as I stood there in all kinds of sorrow, was to be both original and reflection, and to be dead was to be split off, to be reflection alone."

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Source : Teju Cole (2011). “Open City”, p.192, Faber & Faber

Teju Cole

#Reflection Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Splits Quotes

“Married people should be best friends; no relationship on earth needs friendship as much as marriage”
“In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage.”
“You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.”
“We take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.”

Source : Okakura Kakuzo (2012). “The Book of Tea: Classic Edition”, p.24, Tuttle Publishing
“A woman who knows her power has in her hands the key to her own happiness and success.”
“The fashion industry now has a direct relationship with its customers. Thanks to things like Twitter, ideas can be shared and circulated.”
“When you are here, you are here. When you are gone, you are gone. It isn't a problem to be gone, so long as you are really here when you're here.”
“I rarely use the Internet for research, as I find the process cumbersome and detestable. The information gained is often untrustworthy and couched in execrable prose. It is unpleasant to sit in front of a twitching screen suffering assault by virus, power outage, sluggish searches, system crashes, the lack of direct human discourse, all in an atmosphere of scam and hustle.”

Source : "Close Range: Wyoming Stories". Book by Annie Proulx, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 1999.

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