Don DeLillo idézetek
Don DeLillo: Idézetek angolul
“Insanity's so personal. It's hard to know who shares our secrets.”
Forrás: The Day Room
“War is the ultimate realization of modern technology.”
Forrás: End Zone (1972), Ch. 16
“Stories are consoling, fiction is one of the consolation prizes for having lived in the world.”
Forrás: Conversations with Don Delillo
Forrás: End Zone (1972), Ch. 16
Kontextus: Of course the humanistic mind crumbles at the whole idea. It's the most hideous thing in the world to these people that such ideas even have to be mentioned. But the thing won't go away. The thing is here and you have to face it. The prospect of a humane war may be hideous and all the other names you can think of, but it's still a prospect. And as an alternative to all the other things that could happen in the event of war, it's relatively acceptable.
“I think what'll happen in the not-too-distant future is that we'll have humane wars.”
Forrás: End Zone (1972), Ch. 16
Kontextus: I think what'll happen in the not-too-distant future is that we'll have humane wars. Each side agrees to use clean bombs. And each side agrees to limit the amount of megatons he uses. In other words, we'll get together with them beforehand and there'll be an agreement that if the issue can't be settled, whatever the issue might be, then let's make sure we keep our war as relatively clean as possible.
“I've got death inside me. It's just a question of whether or not I can outlive it.”
Forrás: White Noise (1984)
“The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear.”
Forrás: White Noise
“All plots tend to move deathwards. This is the nature of plots.”
Forrás: White Noise (1984), Ch. 6
“It is possible to be homesick for a place even when you are there.”
Forrás: White Noise
“Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live.”
Forrás: Cosmopolis
“It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams”
Forrás: Americana