“There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist?”

— Don DeLillo , book Cosmopolis

Source: Cosmopolis

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“There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist?”

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