Coming and going I am leaving. I will go and come. Leaving has come to…

Don DeLillo
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Coming and going I am leaving. I will go and come. Leaving has come to me. We all, shall all, will all be left. Because I am here and where. And I will go or not or never. And I have seen what I will see. If I am where I will be. Because nothing comes between me. ✨ Don DeLillo (2001). The Body Artist: A Novel, p.74, Simon and Schuster
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