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Don DeLillo quotes

American Novelist November 20, 1936

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The alphabet is male and female. If you will know the correct order of letters, you make a world, you make creation. This is why they will hide the order. If you will know the combinations, you make all life and death. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death."
Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death. Don DeLillo
She saw the normative life of the planet, business people crossing streets beneath glass towers, the life of sitting on buses that take you logically to destinations, the unnerved surface of rolling plausibly along. Don DeLillo
Jessie was trying to read science fiction but nothing she read so far could begin to match ordinary life on this planet, she said, for sheer unimaginableness. Don DeLillo
I am ashamed every day, and more ashamed the next. But I will spend the rest of my life in this living space writing these notes, this journal, recording my acts and reflections, finding some honor, some worth at the bottom of things. I want ten thousand pages that will stop the world. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "She wanted this only, to snuff out the pulse of the shaky..."
She wanted this only, to snuff out the pulse of the shaky faith she'd held for much of her life. Don DeLillo
I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "Everything that goes on in your whole life is a result of..."
Everything that goes on in your whole life is a result of molecules rushing around somewhere in your brain. Don DeLillo
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
Don DeLillo quote: "The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not..."
The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an..."
I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "Decorative gestures add romance to a life."
Decorative gestures add romance to a life. Don DeLillo
He'd once told me that the art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way. The air was full of rage and complaint. People had no tolerance for your particular hardship unless you knew how to entertain them with it. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "The art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how..."
The art of getting ahead in New York was based on learning how to express dissatisfaction in an interesting way. Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo quote: "The less important you are in an office, the more they expect..."
The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile. Don DeLillo

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