People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I c…

Don DeLillo
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People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I carry this thought, the child's mystery and terror of this thought, I feel this immensity in my soul every second of my life. ✨ Don DeLillo (2004). Cosmopolis: A Novel, p.155, Simon and Schuster
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People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I carry this thought, the child's mystery and terror of this thought, I feel this immensity in my soul every second of my life. ✨ Don DeLillo (2004). Cosmopolis: A Novel, p.155, Simon and Schuster

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