And what's the point of waking up in the morning if you don't try to m…

Don DeLillo
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And what's the point of waking up in the morning if you don't try to match the enormousness of the known forces in the world with something powerful in your own life? ✨ Don DeLillo (2015). Underworld: Picador Classic, p.320, Pan Macmillan
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And what's the point of waking up in the morning if you don't try to match the enormousness of the known forces in the world with something powerful in your own life? ✨ Don DeLillo (2015). Underworld: Picador Classic, p.320, Pan Macmillan

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