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Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.

~Don Delillo

Topics: End Every Finally Gets He How Know Learns Sentence Truth Waiting Writer

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America was and is the immigrant's dream.

~Don Delillo

Topics: America Dream Immigrant

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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

Topics: Does End How Life Meaning Meaning Of Measure Modern Should Value Value Of Life

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There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

~Don Delillo

Topics: Always Between Breeze Cracking Curious Down Fear First Period Rain Time

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It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain.

~Don Delillo

Topics: Attain Eating Ever Form Me Most Only People Professionalism

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May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan.

~Don Delillo

Topics: According Action Advance Aimless Days May Plan

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True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to.

~Don Delillo

Topics: Acts Alter Aspire Consciousness Deep Language Narrative Structure Terror Terrorist True Used Vision Ways Writers

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Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.

~Don Delillo

Topics: Afflicted Because Company Drawn Each Fellow Know Men Need Other Secrets Share Tend Want

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I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore.

~Don Delillo

Topics: Anymore Fiction Job Just Quit Want Work Write I Quit

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Hardship makes the world obscure.

~Don Delillo

Topics: Hardship Makes Obscure World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: November 20th, 1936

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