The future is always a wholeness, a sameness. We're all tall and happy…

Don DeLillo
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The future is always a wholeness, a sameness. We're all tall and happy there,' she said. 'This is why the future fails. It always fails. It can never be the cruel happy place we want to make it. ✨ Don DeLillo (2011). Cosmopolis, p.75, Pan Macmillan
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The future is always a wholeness, a sameness. We're all tall and happy there,' she said. 'This is why the future fails. It always fails. It can never be the cruel happy place we want to make it. ✨ Don DeLillo (2011). Cosmopolis, p.75, Pan Macmillan

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