Fear Quote by David Foster Wallace Download Open image “I felt the sort of soaring, ceilingless tedium that transcends tedium and becomes worry.” — David Foster Wallace ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fear Soar Tedium Worry
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I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“I felt more solidly composed, now that I was horizontal. I was impossible to knock down.” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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“It's no accident that in a bureaucracy getting fired is called 'termination,' as in ontological erasure.” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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“To me, at least in retrospect, the really interesting question is why dullness proves to be such a powerful impediment to attention. Why we… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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“Why is the truth usually not just un- but anti-interesting?” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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To be, in a word, unborable.... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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