"The lives of most people are small tight……" — David Foster Wallace
"The lives of most people are small tight pallid and sad, more to be mourned than their deaths. We starve at the banquet: We cannot see that there is a banquet because seeing the banquet requires that we see also ourselves sitting there starving-seeing ourselves clearly, even for a moment, is shattering. We are not dead but asleep, dreaming of ourselves."
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303 Quotes by David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace has 303 quotes on this site.
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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough…
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God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who…
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional…
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Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you…
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Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were,…
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Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one…
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You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky…
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Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare…
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No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
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No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.
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To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
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I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
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O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful…
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I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
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So, fall asleep love, loved by me... for I know love, I am loved by thee.
— Robert Browning
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Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on…
— Sholom Aleichem
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Great performers are preparing and practicing for a winning day while everyone else is still asleep.
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I'm at the age where I want two girls. In case I fall asleep they will have someone to talk…
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And if I do fall asleep, Marla has to keep track of Tyler. Where he goes. What he does. So…
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Sometimes I sit up late with my thoughts, reluctant to fall asleep and leave my thoughts alone by themselves.
— Robert Breault
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I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any…
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