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Clouds are no deterrent. Clouds intensify the drama, trap and shape the light.

Don DeLillo

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Don DeLillo
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Don Delillo
Donald Richard DeLillo
Drama
Light
Intensify
Deterrent
Trap
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