Quote by David Foster Wallace Download Open image ““...perversely, it is often more fun to want something than to have it.”” — David Foster Wallace ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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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
“We all have our little solipsistic delusions, ghastly intuitions of utter singularity: that we are the only one in the house who ever fills… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“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
