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Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.
Don DeLillo
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Don DeLillo
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
Essayist
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New York City
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Don Delillo
Donald Richard DeLillo
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