#v

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#even #how #i #just #juxtaposition

By the mid-sixties, the United States had poured more than half a million troops into South Vietnam. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#half #into #million #more #poured

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#always #amp #because #ever #every

I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

#certified #college #december #electoral #electoral college

I can never remember what I do even in the studio. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#i #i can #i do #never #remember

But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#bit #cello #give #guitar #i

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#consumption #deeply #endless #filled #glut

There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#force #live #moral #out #right

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#american writers #dangerous #live #margins #more

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#californians #concept #doom #invented #their