What did Teju Cole mean by: Writing as writing. Writing as rioting. Writing as righting. On the best days, all three. - Teju Cole Writer · Nigeria Copy
+ Love perhaps includes the promise that when the mob comes for you I’ll go against the mob. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Teju Cole, Promise, 0 - Teju Cole Writer · Nigeria
+ The site was a palimpsest, as was all the city, written, erased, rewritten. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Teju Cole, Cities, 0 - Teju Cole Writer · Nigeria
+ There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Teju Cole, Expectations, Sin, Sinner, 0 - Teju Cole Writer · Nigeria
+ A MOB is not, as is so often said, mindless. A MOB is single-minded. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Teju Cole, 0 - Teju Cole Writer · Nigeria
+ I couldn’t remember what life was like before I started walking. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Teju Cole, Remember, Walking, 0 - Teju Cole Writer · Nigeria
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA