Quotes from bookWhite Noise
White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, published by Viking Press in 1985. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.White Noise is an example of postmodern literature. It is widely considered DeLillo's "breakout" work and brought him to the attention of a much larger audience. Time included the novel in its list of "Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". DeLillo originally wanted to call the book Panasonic, but the Panasonic Corporation objected.
“I've got death inside me. It's just a question of whether or not I can outlive it.”
Don DeLillo book White Noise
Source: White Noise (1984)
“It is possible to be homesick for a place even when you are there.”
Don DeLillo book White Noise
Source: White Noise
“Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death.”
Don DeLillo book White Noise
Source: White Noise
“I feel sad for people and the queer part we play in our own distasters.”
Don DeLillo book White Noise
Source: White Noise
“The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear.”
Don DeLillo book White Noise
Source: White Noise
“All plots tend to move deathwards. This is the nature of plots.”
Don DeLillo book White Noise
Source: White Noise (1984), Ch. 6
“To become a crowd is to keep out death.”
Don DeLillo book White Noise
Source: White Noise (1984), Ch. 15
