The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find une…

Don DeLillo
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The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities. ✨ Don DeLillo (2011). White Noise, p.205, Pan Macmillan
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