# Quote — Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

> When he died he would not end. The world would end.

- 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/when-he-died

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