"Religion is close to theatre; much of its……" — Teju Cole

"Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing."

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38 Quotes by Teju Cole

Teju Cole has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I couldn't remember what life was like before I started walking.
Perhaps this is what we mean by sanity: that, whatever our self-admitted eccentricities might be, we are not villains of…
To be alive, it seemed to me, as I stood there in all kinds of sorrow, was to be both…
I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant…
Each neighborhood of the city appeared to be made of a different substance, each seemed to have a different air…
But a book suggests conversation: one person is speaking to another, and audible sound is, or should be, natural to…
It is dangerous to live in a secure world.
I adore imaginary monsters, but I am terrified of real ones.
I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for…
The site was a palimpsest, as was all the city, written, erased, rewritten.
It wasn't a deception: all lovers live on partial knowledge.
We experience life as a continuity, and only after it falls away, after it becomes the past, do we see…

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It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
I have always drawn strength from being close to home. — Arthur Ashe
From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any… — Isaac Asimov
Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone… — David Attenborough
Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and… — Margaret Atwood
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,… — Diane Ackerman
What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will… — Teresa of Avila
A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are,… — Lauren Bacall
I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way… — Richard Bach
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you… — Francis Bacon
Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture… — Anita Baker
I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master?… — Christian Bale

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