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I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, The library, and step on it.
David Foster Wallace
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David Foster Wallace
Age: 45 †
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Died: 2008
Died: February 12
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Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est (They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier).
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I don't want to hurt myself. I want to stop hurting.
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Stay conscious and alive, day in and day out.
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Acceptance is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else.
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Writing fiction takes me out of time. I sit down and the clock will not exist for me for a few hours. That’s probably as close to immortal as we’ll ever get.
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I find in myself a need to get very away.
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I'd like to be the sort of person who can enjoy things at the time, instead of having to go back in my head and enjoy them.
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