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\u201cCalifornians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Don DeLillo<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

White Noise<\/em> (1985) New York: Penguin Books, 1999 edition, p. 66<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1449531589281-1a7ccd5f-aa59094f-cf635381-89e52cf3-a891″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattibution note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 At least one quotation book has incorrectly attributed DeLillo\u2019s quote to American author Joan Didion<\/strong><\/span>. Although Didion did write about California in works such as \u201cNotes from a Native Daughter,\u201d Repeat Right editors could find no evidence supporting Didion as the original author of the \u201cCalifornians invented the concept of life-style<\/span>…\u201d quote.<\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 character \u2018Alfonse,\u2019 speaking to lunch companions]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where California comes in. Mud slides, brush fires, coastal erosion, earthquakes, mass killings, et cetera. We can relax and enjoy these disasters because in our hearts we fell that California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.<\/span>\u201d (p. 66)<\/p>\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 White Noise<\/em> (1985|1999 Penguin Books edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 978-0-14-028330-3<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e52cf3-a891″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI\u2019ve come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Don DeLillo<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

The Names<\/em> (1982) New York: Vintage Books edition, July 1989, p. 23<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e52cf3-a891″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 character \u2018Owen Brademas\u2019 to the narrator, James]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I want to go back. Teach what? To whom?\u201d He paused. \u201cI\u2019ve come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version<\/span>.\u201d Laughing, clasping his hands. \u201cI\u2019ve given myself over to the stones, James. All I want to do is read the stones.\u201d (p. 23)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e52cf3-a891″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: Library \u2013 The Names<\/em> (1982|July 1989 Vintage Books edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-679-72295-5<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e52cf3-a891″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cNostalgia is a product of dissatisfaction and rage. It\u2019s a settling of grievances between the present and the past. The more powerful the nostalgia, the closer you come to violence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Don DeLillo<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

White Noise<\/em> (1985) New York: Penguin Books, 1999 edition, p. 246<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e52cf3-a891″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction – character \u2018Murray\u2019 to the narrator]:<\/p>\n

\u201cMurray said, I don\u2019t trust anybody\u2019s nostalgia but my own. Nostalgia is a product of dissatisfaction and rage. It\u2019s a settling of grievances between the present and the past. The more powerful the nostalgia, the closer you come to violence.<\/span> War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country.\u201d (p. 246)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e52cf3-a891″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 White Noise<\/em> (1985|1999 Penguin Books edition) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 978-0-14-028330-3<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Don DeLillo <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n