There’s always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down. – Don Delillo
Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted. – Don Delillo
People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power. – Don DeLillo
The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now. – Don Delillo
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor – all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. – Elizabeth Gilbert