Author:  Don DeLillo
Book:    Cosmopolis
Viewed: 85 - Published at: 2 years ago

There's a rumor it seems involving the finance minister. He's supposed to resign any time now," she said. "Some kind of scandal about a misconstrued comment. He made a comment about the economy that may have been misconstrued. The whole country is analyzing the grammar and syntax of this comment. Or it wasn't even what he said. It was when he paused. They are trying to construe the meaning of the pause. It could be deeper, even, than grammar. It could be breathing.

( Don DeLillo )
[ Cosmopolis ]
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