Isn't death the boundary we need? Doesn't it give a precious texture t…

Don DeLillo
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Isn't death the boundary we need? Doesn't it give a precious texture to life, a sense of definition? You have to ask yourself whether anything you do in this life would have beauty and meaning without the knowledge you carry of a final line, a border or limit. ✨ Don DeLillo (1999). White Noise, p.186, Penguin
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