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

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Source : Twitter post from Apr 11, 2014

Teju Cole

#Writing Quotes #Three Quotes

“If you have been in the vicinity of the sacred - ever brushed against the holy - you retain it more in your bones than in your head; and if you havenâ€™t, no description of the experience will ever be satisfactory.”
“It's not the networks, it's the advertisers who want to appeal to the young males who go to the movies and buy all of this stuff.”
“When computers (people) are networked, their power multiplies geometrically. Not only can people share all that information inside their machines, but they can reach out and instantly tap the power of other machines (people), essentially making the entire network their computer.”
“Nail the colours to the mast! That is the right thing to do, and, therefore, that is what we must do, and do it now. What colours? The colours of Christ, the work He has given us to do- the evangelization of all the unevangelized.”
“There are some wounds that one can heal only by deepening them and making them worse.”
“It's not enough for an official to be good. There has to be a system that forces them to be good.”
“The professional permanent staff that lies right beneath them will still be in place, making everything work until the [Donald] Trump appointees start populating the offices on top of them.”
“He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.”

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