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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: "As each person's sandal hits the pier, a sociolinguistic..."
As each person's sandal hits the pier, a sociolinguistic transformation from cruiser to tourist is effected. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "That ursine juggernaut did essay to sup upon my person!"
That ursine juggernaut did essay to sup upon my person! David Foster Wallace
The true thoughts that go on inside us are just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of, at most, one tiny little part of us at any given instant. David Foster Wallace
Abstruse dullness is actually a much more effective shield than is secrecy. For the great disadvantage of secrecy is that it’s interesting. David Foster Wallace
The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates. David Foster Wallace
We think of ourselves now as eaters of the pie instead of makes of the pie...Corporations make the pie. They make it and we eat it. David Foster Wallace
I like the fans’ sound at night. Do you? It’s like somebody big far away goes like: it’sOKit’sOKit’sOKit’sOK, over and over. From very far away. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "She took a sort of abject pride in her mecilessness toward..."
She took a sort of abject pride in her mecilessness toward herself. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is..."
Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Truly decent, innocent people can be taxing to be around."
Truly decent, innocent people can be taxing to be around. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "There are very few innocent sentences in writing."
There are very few innocent sentences in writing. David Foster Wallace
Can you "choose" something when you are forcefully and enthusiastically immersed in it at an age when the resources and information necessary for choosing are not yet yours? David Foster Wallace
…about how she had seemingly overnight suffered a sudden and anomalous gigantism in her right breast, which she referred to as a titty; she had an almost parodic Qubecois accent and described the ‘titty’s’ presenting history and possible diagnoses for almost twenty minutes before I was rolled away. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking."
You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Be no one, it is easier than you think" -- Hal Incandenza,..."
Be no one, it is easier than you think" -- Hal Incandenza, Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace

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