"It is dangerous to live in a secure world."

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Source : Teju Cole (2011). “Open City”, p.200, Faber & Faber

Teju Cole

#World Quotes #Dangerous Quotes

“You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, then you're not looking properly.”
“The world should have stopped, but it didn't. The world kept on going. How can the world just keep on going? An earthquake in India kills a thousand people, and the world keeps on going. A famine in China kills a million people, and the world keeps on going. The twin towers of the World Trade Center buckle and fall, and the world, the world keeps on going.”

Source : Alison McGhee (2013). “All Rivers Flow to the Sea”, p.2, Candlewick Press
“When the Spirit is present, people are not offended when you share your feelings about the gospel.”
“I have used cannabis all over the world.”

Source : "Rick Steves, Famed Travel Writer and Pot Advocate: 20 Questions". interview with Michael Goldstein, www.laweekly.com. April 12, 2012.
“It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.”
“The experience is no longer traumatic; the response of most women to the experience is relief.”
“You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper.”
“It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, where they can point to a glass of milk, or a jacket if they're cold, or the bathroom. If they want something, then they need to learn to request that thing.”

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