Anesthetic Quotes by David Foster Wallace

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• With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen into good hands - someone from whom… — Saul Bellow
• Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep. — Norman Cousins
• Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. — Frank Leahy
• The drug ketamine, used as a 'dissociative' anesthetic, can produce subjective reports of conscious awareness outside the body, as can various other… — Unknown Author
• Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days — Hafez
• Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years. — Rose Macaulay
• Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because of the… — Erik Larson
• I want my whole life lined with a topical anesthetic. — Chuck Palahniuk
• A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given… — Art Linkletter
• There is no greater anesthetic than sport. — John Oliver
• Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic. — Al Goldstein
• I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It's good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills, your dentist;… — Cornell Woolrich

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