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True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and a
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"True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to"

- Don DeLillo

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This quote by Don DeLillo talks to the power of terrorism and its capability to influence and form the way people think and feel. He suggests that terrorism has a language and a vision that can be utilized to create a narrative structure that can modify consciousness. He suggests that terrorism has the exact same power to influence people that authors utilized to desire. This quote highlights the power of terrorism and its ability to develop fear and control people's ideas and feelings. It also suggests that terrorism has a language and a vision that can be used to create a narrative structure that can change awareness. This quote works as a suggestion of the power of terrorism and its capability to form the method people think and feel.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Don DeLillo somewhere between November 20, 1936 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 40 other quotes.

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