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? (155)
Don DeLilloI 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 DeLilloMurray said, ยดI donยดt trust anybodyยดs nostalgia but my own. Nostalgia is a product of dissatisfaction and rage. Itยดs a settling of grievances between the present and the past. The more powerful the nostalgia, the closer you come to violence. War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country.ยด
Don DeLillo