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Don DeLillo quotes: She wasn't a child who needed imaginary friends. She was imaginary to herself. She wasn't a child who needed imaginary friends. She was imaginary to herself.
Don DeLillo quotes: Self-pity oozed through my soul. I tried to relax and enjoy it. Self-pity oozed through my soul. I tried to relax and enjoy it.
Don DeLillo quotes: Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live. Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live.
Don DeLillo quotes: There is another kind of belief, a second force, insecure, untrusting, a faith that is spring-fed by the things we fear in the night. There is another kind of belief, a second force, insecure, untrusting, a faith that is spring-fed by the things we fear in the night.
Don DeLillo quotes: It's not enough to hate your enemy. You have to understand how the two of you bring each other to deep completion. It's not enough to hate your enemy. You have to understand how the two of you bring each other to deep completion.
Don DeLillo quotes: Prayer is a practical strategy, the gaining of temporal advantage in the capital markets of Sin and Remission. Prayer is a practical strategy, the gaining of temporal advantage in the capital markets of Sin and Remission.
Don DeLillo quotes: The game doesn't change the way you sleep or wash your face or chew your food. It changes nothing but your life. The game doesn't change the way you sleep or wash your face or chew your food. It changes nothing but your life.
Don DeLillo quotes: Be willing to die for your beliefs, or computer printouts of your beliefs. Be willing to die for your beliefs, or computer printouts of your beliefs.
Don DeLillo quotes: Maybe when we die, the first thing we'll say is, 'I know this feeling. I was here before. Maybe when we die, the first thing we'll say is, 'I know this feeling. I was here before.
Don DeLillo quotes: Any curly-haired boy can write windswept ballads. You have to crush people's heads. That's the only way to make those fuckers listen. Any curly-haired boy can write windswept ballads. You have to crush people's heads. That's the only way to make those fuckers listen.
Don DeLillo quotes: I hate my life. I'm at the point where I want to hear about other people's lives. it's like switching from fiction to biography. I hate my life. I'm at the point where I want to hear about other people's lives. it's like switching from fiction to biography.
Don DeLillo quotes: In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending. In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending.
Don DeLillo quotes: The whole country's going to puke blood when they read it. The whole country's going to puke blood when they read it.
Don DeLillo quotes: That clean but lonely feeling when there are no other cars. The traffic lights changing just for you. That clean but lonely feeling when there are no other cars. The traffic lights changing just for you.
Don DeLillo quotes: He knew time and day of week and wondered when such scraps of data would begin to feel disposable. He knew time and day of week and wondered when such scraps of data would begin to feel disposable.
Don DeLillo quotes: I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts. I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.
Don DeLillo quotes: Solitude asks no pledges of anyone. Solitude asks no pledges of anyone.
Don DeLillo quotes: The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities. The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities.
Don DeLillo quotes: People weren't saying Oh wow anymore. They were saying No way instead and she wondered if there was something she might learn from this. People weren't saying Oh wow anymore. They were saying No way instead and she wondered if there was something she might learn from this.
Don DeLillo quotes: I'd like to lose interest in myself ... I'd like to lose interest in myself ...
Don DeLillo quotes: Someday you'll be a grown-up ... and then your mother will have no one to talk to. Someday you'll be a grown-up ... and then your mother will have no one to talk to.
Don DeLillo quotes: There are no amateurs in the world of children. There are no amateurs in the world of children.
Don DeLillo quotes: California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.
Don DeLillo quotes: Out of some persistent sense of large-scale ruin, we kept inventing hope. Out of some persistent sense of large-scale ruin, we kept inventing hope.
Don DeLillo quotes: We still want what we want. We want a haircut. We still want what we want. We want a haircut.
Don DeLillo quotes: May the days be aimless. Let the seasons drift. Do not advance the action according to a plan. May the days be aimless. Let the seasons drift. Do not advance the action according to a plan.
Don DeLillo quotes: We need time to lose interest in things. We need time to lose interest in things.
Don DeLillo quotes: It is interesting ... how weapons reflect the soul of the maker. It is interesting ... how weapons reflect the soul of the maker.
Don DeLillo quotes: She was the one, I decided, who would guide me into the vortex of the cliche. She was the one, I decided, who would guide me into the vortex of the cliche.
Don DeLillo quotes: People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power. People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power.
Don DeLillo quotes: There's just so much time set aside for baffled reaction. I believe we've reached the limit. There's just so much time set aside for baffled reaction. I believe we've reached the limit.
Don DeLillo quotes: The world was a series of fleeting gratifications. The world was a series of fleeting gratifications.
Don DeLillo quotes: He thought of firing a shot into the lock for the sheer cinematic stupidity of the gesture. He thought of firing a shot into the lock for the sheer cinematic stupidity of the gesture.
Don DeLillo quotes: Holes are interesting. there are books about holes. Holes are interesting. there are books about holes.
Don DeLillo quotes: I know it's thankless to be sensible in the face of someone's primitive distrust. I know it's thankless to be sensible in the face of someone's primitive distrust.
Don DeLillo quotes: A mystery novel localizes the awesome force of the real death outside the book, winds it tightly in a plot ... A mystery novel localizes the awesome force of the real death outside the book, winds it tightly in a plot ...
Don DeLillo quotes: Somehow pictures always lead to people as masses. Books belong to individuals. Somehow pictures always lead to people as masses. Books belong to individuals.
Don DeLillo quotes: Choice is a subtle form of disease. Choice is a subtle form of disease.
Don DeLillo quotes: The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future. The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future.
Don DeLillo quotes: I'm at that certain stage in a night of drinking and talking when I see things clearly through a small opening, a window in space. I'm at that certain stage in a night of drinking and talking when I see things clearly through a small opening, a window in space.
Don DeLillo quotes: Was he at the movies to see a movie, she said, or maybe more narrowly, more essentially, simply to be at the movies? Was he at the movies to see a movie, she said, or maybe more narrowly, more essentially, simply to be at the movies?
Don DeLillo quotes: Was she naked?" Lasher said. "To the waist," Cotsakis said. "From which direction?" Lasher said. Was she naked?" Lasher said. "To the waist," Cotsakis said. "From which direction?" Lasher said.
Don DeLillo quotes: Why are free spirits always so fucking dumb? Why are free spirits always so fucking dumb?
Don DeLillo quotes: Writing is an organized way of thinking. I don't know what I think about certain subjects, even today, until I sit down and try to write them. Writing is an organized way of thinking. I don't know what I think about certain subjects, even today, until I sit down and try to write them.
Don DeLillo quotes: It's like World War III. Everything is white. They'll take our bright colors away and use them in the war effort. It's like World War III. Everything is white. They'll take our bright colors away and use them in the war effort.
Don DeLillo quotes: The genius of the primitive mind is that it can render human helplessness in noble and beautiful ways. The genius of the primitive mind is that it can render human helplessness in noble and beautiful ways.
Don DeLillo quotes: Your brain has a trillion neurons and every neuron has ten thousand little dendrites. The system of inter-communication is awe-inspiring. Your brain has a trillion neurons and every neuron has ten thousand little dendrites. The system of inter-communication is awe-inspiring.
Don DeLillo quotes: Half the world is redoing its kitchens, the other half is starving. Half the world is redoing its kitchens, the other half is starving.
Don DeLillo quotes: When you see a thing like that, a thing that becomes a newsreel, you begin to feel you are a carrier of some solemn scrap of history. When you see a thing like that, a thing that becomes a newsreel, you begin to feel you are a carrier of some solemn scrap of history.
Don DeLillo quotes: Women have faith in the mechanics of adjustment. A woman knows how to want something. She'll take chances to secure the future. Women have faith in the mechanics of adjustment. A woman knows how to want something. She'll take chances to secure the future.
Don DeLillo quotes: A dead afternoon in a dark bar was not the worst of fates. A dead afternoon in a dark bar was not the worst of fates.
Don DeLillo quotes: Isn't death the boundary we need? Isn't death the boundary we need?
Don DeLillo quotes: The art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way. The art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way.
Don DeLillo quotes: Reality doesn't happen until you analyze the dots Reality doesn't happen until you analyze the dots
Don DeLillo quotes: If your child thinks you're guilty of something, right or wrong, then you're guilty. If your child thinks you're guilty of something, right or wrong, then you're guilty.
Don DeLillo quotes: The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile. The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile.
Don DeLillo quotes: I'm not reclusive at all. Just private. I'm not reclusive at all. Just private.
Don DeLillo quotes: How many beginnings before you see the lies in your excitement? How many beginnings before you see the lies in your excitement?
Don DeLillo quotes: Because what's the meaning of doing dishes if you're not driven by something beyond necessity. Because what's the meaning of doing dishes if you're not driven by something beyond necessity.
Don DeLillo quotes: You gave yourself away, word by word, every time you opened your trap to speak. You gave yourself away, word by word, every time you opened your trap to speak.
Don DeLillo quotes: When times are bad, people feel compelled to overeat. When times are bad, people feel compelled to overeat.
Don DeLillo quotes: The world isn't going to be destroyed, but you don't feel safe anymore in your plane or train or office or auditorium. The world isn't going to be destroyed, but you don't feel safe anymore in your plane or train or office or auditorium.
Don DeLillo quotes: I have only a bare working knowledge of the human brain but it's enough to make me proud to be an American. I have only a bare working knowledge of the human brain but it's enough to make me proud to be an American.
Don DeLillo quotes: Everything's a scandal. Dying's a scandal. But we all do it. Everything's a scandal. Dying's a scandal. But we all do it.
Don DeLillo quotes: Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else.
Don DeLillo quotes: Days like this. i look at you and feel electric. tell me you don't feel it too._Eric Packer Days like this. i look at you and feel electric. tell me you don't feel it too._Eric Packer
Don DeLillo quotes: This is what love comes down to, things that happen and what we say about them. This is what love comes down to, things that happen and what we say about them.
Don DeLillo quotes: I want to put your voice back inside your body, where it belongs. I want to put your voice back inside your body, where it belongs.
Don DeLillo quotes: Everything that goes on in your whole life is a result of molecules rushing around somewhere in your brain. Everything that goes on in your whole life is a result of molecules rushing around somewhere in your brain.
Don DeLillo quotes: He said, "The word for moonlight is moonlight. He said, "The word for moonlight is moonlight.
Don DeLillo quotes: How could there be a north below a south? Is this what I found confusing? How could there be a north below a south? Is this what I found confusing?
Don DeLillo quotes: It frequently happens that I begin a novel with just a visual image of something, a vague sense of people in three dimensional space. It frequently happens that I begin a novel with just a visual image of something, a vague sense of people in three dimensional space.
Don DeLillo quotes: Everyone wants to own the end of the world. Everyone wants to own the end of the world.
Don DeLillo quotes: This was worse than a retched nightmare. It was the nightmare of real things, the fallen wonder of the world This was worse than a retched nightmare. It was the nightmare of real things, the fallen wonder of the world
Don DeLillo quotes: I feel like an overwritten paragraph. I feel like an overwritten paragraph.
Don DeLillo quotes: Any assault on the borders of perception is going to seem rash at first. Any assault on the borders of perception is going to seem rash at first.
Don DeLillo quotes: A band played live Muzak. A band played live Muzak.
Don DeLillo quotes: How can people live their whole lives without knowing the names of their own parts of the body? How can people live their whole lives without knowing the names of their own parts of the body?
Don DeLillo quotes: Silence, exile, cunning and so on ... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things. Even the ideas in my work. Silence, exile, cunning and so on ... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things. Even the ideas in my work.
Don DeLillo quotes: Hardship makes the world obscure. Hardship makes the world obscure.
Don DeLillo quotes: The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever.
Don DeLillo quotes: The language of my books has shaped me as a man. The language of my books has shaped me as a man.
Don DeLillo quotes: I'm a world citizen with a New York set of balls. I'm a world citizen with a New York set of balls.
Don DeLillo quotes: It takes close attention to see what is happening in front of you. It takes work, pious effort, to see what you are looking at. It takes close attention to see what is happening in front of you. It takes work, pious effort, to see what you are looking at.
Don DeLillo quotes: This sentiment was expressed not so much in words and actions as in terrible and articulate sounds This sentiment was expressed not so much in words and actions as in terrible and articulate sounds
Don DeLillo quotes: America was and is the immigrant's dream. America was and is the immigrant's dream.
Don DeLillo quotes: The less there was to see, the harder he looked, the more he saw. The less there was to see, the harder he looked, the more he saw.
Don DeLillo quotes: Everything was fine, would continue to be fine, would eventually get even better as long as the supermarket did not slip. Everything was fine, would continue to be fine, would eventually get even better as long as the supermarket did not slip.
Don DeLillo quotes: Remember literature, Charlie? It involved getting drunk and getting laid. Remember literature, Charlie? It involved getting drunk and getting laid.
Don DeLillo quotes: Some good-bad nights I spent, loving my self-hatred. Some good-bad nights I spent, loving my self-hatred.
Don DeLillo quotes: Pain is just another form of information. Pain is just another form of information.
Don DeLillo quotes: How many times do two people have to fuck before one of them deserves to die? _Eric Packer How many times do two people have to fuck before one of them deserves to die? _Eric Packer
Don DeLillo quotes: All human existence is a trick of light. All human existence is a trick of light.
Don DeLillo quotes: We have our self-importance. We also have our inadequacy. The former is a desperate invention of the latter. We have our self-importance. We also have our inadequacy. The former is a desperate invention of the latter.
Don DeLillo quotes: I think we ought to have our intercourse now. I think we ought to have our intercourse now.
Don DeLillo quotes: Of course you know. You're brilliant. Everyone says so.""What else can they say? I do neurochemistry. No one knows what that is. Of course you know. You're brilliant. Everyone says so."
"What else can they say? I do neurochemistry. No one knows what that is.
Don DeLillo quotes: We must be equal to the largeness of things. We must be equal to the largeness of things.
Don DeLillo quotes: Do we have to believe something happened exactly the way it was shown by artists? Do we have to believe something happened exactly the way it was shown by artists?
Don DeLillo quotes: Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level. Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level.
Don DeLillo quotes: Silvery dancing strands that seemed the pure play of light, light as evanescent news, ideas borne on light. Silvery dancing strands that seemed the pure play of light, light as evanescent news, ideas borne on light.

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