--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: It’s all over everywhere. I don’t know…" description: "\"“It’s all over everywhere. I don’t know what I could call it. It’s like I can’t get enough outside it to call it anything. It’s like horror more than s..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/david-foster-wallace-161_quote_it-s-all-over-everywhere-i-don-t-know-wh_820890.jpg" --- # It’s all over everywhere. I don’t know what I could call… ![“It’s all over everywhere. I don’t know what I could call it. It’s like I can’t get enough outside it to call it anything. It’s like horror more than sadness. It’s more like horror. It’s like something horrible is about to happen, the most horrible thing you can imagine — no, worse than you can…” quote by David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/david-foster-wallace-161_quote_it-s-all-over-everywhere-i-don-t-know-wh_820890.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/david-foster-wallace-161_quote_it-s-all-over-everywhere-i-don-t-know-wh_820890.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/david-foster-wallace-161_quote_it-s-all-over-everywhere-i-don-t-know-wh_820890.jpg) > ““It’s all over everywhere. I don’t know what I could call it. It’s like I can’t get enough outside it to call it anything. It’s like horror more than sadness. It’s more like horror. It’s like something horrible is about to happen, the most horrible thing you can imagine — no, worse than you can imagine because there’s the feeling that there’s something you have to do right away to stop it but you don’t know what it is you have to do, and then it’s happening, too, the whole horrible time, it’s about to happen and also it’s happening, all at the same time.’ I fear this feeling more than I fear anything, man. More than pain, or my mom dying, or environmental toxicity. Anything.”” [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A vivid description of overwhelming anxiety that feels like impending horror, surpassing ordinary fears. **In simple terms:** Intense anxiety that feels like an imminent disaster. Key Takeaway Recognize and address anxiety before it escalates. 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