1. Californians invented the concept of lifestyle. This alone warrants their doom.
White Noise, Don DeLillo
2. Once you’ve seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn…They are taking pictures of taking pictures.
White Noise, Don DeLillo
3. I think it’s a mistake to lose one’s sense of death, even one’s fear of death. Isn’t death the boundary we need? Doesn’t it give precious texture to life, a sense of definition?
White Noise, Don DeLillo
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Yes, DeLillo's novel speaks well to, say, Wendell Berry's "The Vacation." If you don't know that poem, check it out. I can also send you a copy. That might be another poem to usher into your class with Dr. Masters . . .
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