To be alive, it seemed to me, as I stood there in all kinds… - Teju Cole

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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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Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian.

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