The power of the dead is that we think they see us all the time. The d…

Don DeLillo
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The power of the dead is that we think they see us all the time. The dead have a presence. Is there a level of energy composed solely of the dead? They are also in the ground, of course, asleep and crumbling. Perhaps we are what they dream. ✨ Don DeLillo (2011). White Noise, p.114, Pan Macmillan
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