# Quote — Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

> I've never liked thinking back, going back in time, reviewing the day or the week or the life. To crush and gut. To eviscerate. Power works best when there's no memory attached.

- Author: [Don DeLillo](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo.md)
- Book: [Cosmopolis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo/cosmopolis.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cosmopolis_(novel)#Quotes) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo/cosmopolis/ive-never-liked

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> It is in me to hurt someone and I haven't always known this. The act and depth of writing will tell me if I'm capable.

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> To know and not to act is not to know.

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