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Quote by Don DeLillo

“Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.”

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Don DeLillo is an American writer born on November 20, 1936. Known for his unique literary style and profound insights into modern society, his works often explore the impacts of technology, consumerism, and globalization. more

“And every year there is a brief, startling moment When we pause in the middle of a long walk home and Suddenly feel something invisible and weightless Touching our shoulders, sweeping down from the air: It is the autumn wind pressing against our bodies; It is the changing light of fall falling on us.”

Feels Years Long Moments Home Body Light Fall Walks Air Middle Wind Invisible Shoulders Autumn Touching Pauses Sweeping Long Walks Autumn Wind

Author:Edward Hirsch

“Read poems to yourself in the middle of the night. Turn on a single lamp and read them while you're alone in an otherwise dark room or while someone else sleeps next to you. Read them when you're wide awake in the early morning, fully alert. Say them over to yourself in a place where silence reigns and the din of the culture — the constant buzzing noise that surrounds us — has momentarily stopped. These poems have come from a great distance to find you.”

Source: How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry

“I did not know the work of mourning Is a labor in the dark We carry inside ourselves”

Knows Dark Labor Mourning

Book:Gabriel: A Poem

Source: Gabriel: A Poem

“In Náhuatl, the language of the Aztec world, one key word for poet was 'tlamatine,' meaning 'the one who knows,' or 'he who knows something.' Poets were considered 'sages of the word,' who meditated on human enigmas and explored the beyond, the realm of the gods.”

Knows World Humans Language Poet Keys Realms Sage Enigma Aztec

Author:Edward Hirsch

“Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled products, not of nature, but of society, which circulates and uses them for a thousand different ends.”

Different Ends Use Language Products Thousand Speech Property Mediums

Book:How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry

Source: How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry

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