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The power of the dead is that we think they see us all the time. The dead have a presence. Is there a level of energy composed solely of the dead? They are also in the ground, of course, asleep and crumbling. Perhaps we are what they dream.
— Don DeLillo White Noise
Tags: death

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The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?
— Don DeLillo
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I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it.
— Don DeLillo
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One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.
— Don DeLillo
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Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.
— Don DeLillo
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I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.
— Don DeLillo
Tags: sound, like, construction, look
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