"Am I a good person? Deep down, do……" — David Foster Wallace
"Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking?"
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303 Quotes by David Foster Wallace
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