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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: "This diagnosis can be done in about two lines. It doesn't..."
This diagnosis can be done in about two lines. It doesn't engage anybody. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "This is water."
This is water. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is..."
[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is. David Foster Wallace
The jet's movement and trail seem incisionish, as if white meat behind the blue were exposed and widening in the wake of the blade. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Does somebody have an explanation why there's human flesh on..."
Does somebody have an explanation why there's human flesh on the hall window upstairs? David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still "are"..."
The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still "are" human beings, now. Or can be. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Fiction's about what it is to be a human being."
Fiction's about what it is to be a human being. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Two hearted, a hypocrite to yourself either way"
Two hearted, a hypocrite to yourself either way David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Fiction’s about what it is to be a fucking human being."
Fiction’s about what it is to be a fucking human being. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "The other half is to dramatize that we still 'are' human..."
The other half is to dramatize that we still 'are' human beings, now. Or can be. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "So yo then man what's your story?"
So yo then man what's your story? David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's..."
Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's probably more Western than U.S. per se. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "The difference between homicide and suicide is mostly a matter..."
The difference between homicide and suicide is mostly a matter of where you perceive the door top to the cage to be. David Foster Wallace
Saying this is bad is like saying traffic is bad, or health-care surtaxes, or the hazards of annular fusion: nobody but Ludditic granola-crunching freaks would call bad what no one can imagine being without. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "It's no accident that in a bureaucracy getting fired is called..."
It's no accident that in a bureaucracy getting fired is called 'termination,' as in ontological erasure. David Foster Wallace

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