Best David Foster Wallace Qoutes
- That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt. That you will become way less concerned with what other people… Agendaless
- This story ["The Depressed Person"] was the most painful thing I ever wrote. It's about narcissism, which is a part of depression. The character has… Appear
- There are secrets within secrets, though--always. Funny
- I cannot say what color Lenore Beadsman’s eyes are; I cannot look at them; they are the sun to me. Cannot Look
- I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out… Bet
- For those who've never experienced a sunrise in the rural midwest, it's roughly as soft and romantic as someone's abruptly hitting the lights in a… Abruptly
- That what appears to be egoism so often isn't. Appears
- That everything is on fire, slow fire, and we're all less than a million breaths away from an oblivion more total than we can even… All
- Entertainment provides relief. Art provokes engagement. Art
- I want to tell you,' the voice on the phone said. 'My head is filled with things to say.' ... 'I don't mind,' Hal said… Connection
- the psychological need to believe that others take you as seriously as you take yourself. There is nothing particularly wrong with it, as psychological needs… Always Remember
- It now lately sometimes seemed a black miracle to me that people could actually care deeply about a subject or pursuit, and could go on… Actually Care
- [I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is. Doe
- 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… All
- You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody,… Attention
- Please learn the pragmatics of expressing fear: sometimes words that seem to express really invoke. This can be tricky. Express
- I was always either so unreasonably and pointlessly happy that no one place could seem to contain me, or so melancholy, so sick and silly… Always Either
- Do this: hate him for me after I die. I beg you. Dying request. Beg
- She took a sort of abject pride in her mecilessness toward herself. Abject
- 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… Actually Telling
- Every love story is a ghost story. Every Love
- It took years after I’d graduated from Amherst to realize that people were actually far more complicated and interesting than books, that almost everyone else… Actually Far
- If you've never wept and want to, have a child. Child
- I'm screaming for help and everybody's acting as if I'm singing Ethel Merman covers... Acting
- It is tragic and sad and chaotic and lovely. All life is the same, as citizens of the human State: the animating limits are within,… All
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