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David Foster Wallace Quotes

David Foster Wallace quotes

American Writer February 21, 1962 – December 12, 2008

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David Foster Wallace quote: "I think it's easy to stop smoking; it's just hard not to..."
I think it's easy to stop smoking; it's just hard not to commit a felony after you stop. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this..."
The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness. David Foster Wallace
To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people. David Foster Wallace
K--: 'When they say "I am my own person," "I do not need a man," "I am responsible for my own sexuality," they are actually telling you just what they want you to make them forget. David Foster Wallace
My worst character flaw that I'm conscious of is that I tend to think my way into circles instead of resolving anything. It's paralyzing and boring for people around me. David Foster Wallace
He said he didn’t think Lenore should go to the G.O.D. "Nobody ever finds anybody in a place like that," he said, "People don’t go to a place like that to look for other people. That’s the opposite of the whole concept that’s behind the thing. David Foster Wallace
She almost reminds the engineer of certain types in high school whom everyone adored because you sensed it made no difference to them whether you adored them. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "basically the sort of guy who looks entirely at home in..."
....basically the sort of guy who looks entirely at home in sockless white loafers and a mint-green knit shirt from Lacoste. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "every failure is also a victory."
every failure is also a victory. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "The integrity of my sleep has been forever compromised, sir."
The integrity of my sleep has been forever compromised, sir. David Foster Wallace
A like N.B. that Ewell ends up inserting under the heading Biker is that every professional tattooist everybody who can remember getting their tattoos remembers getting them from was, from the sound of everybody's general description, a Biker. David Foster Wallace
This is how I feel, I can't name it straight out but it seems important, do you feel it too?-- this sort of direct question is not for the squeamish. For one thing, it's perilously close to 'Do you like me? Please like me,' which you know quite well that 99% of all the interhuman manipulation and bullshit gamesmanship that goes on goes on precisely because the idea of saying this sort of thing straight out is regarded as somehow obscene. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Do this: hate him for me after I die. I beg you. Dying request."
Do this: hate him for me after I die. I beg you. Dying request. David Foster Wallace
I am wonderful fun to talk to. I’m a consummate professional. People leave my parlor in states. You are here. It’s conversation-time. Shall we discuss Bzyantine erotica? David Foster Wallace
I called a cab, still in my towel. I jumped in the cab before it had even stopped at the gate. I actually said, "The nearest library with a cutting-edge professional grief- and trauma-therapy section, and step on it. David Foster Wallace

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