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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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 — Teju Cole, Open City
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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.

— Teju Cole, Open City
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