What did David Foster Wallace mean by: That what appears to be egoism so often isn’t. David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA Copy
+ Author, August 2, 2023January 2, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Confidence, Potential, Self-awareness, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t. You get to decide what to worship. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Choice, Meaning, Worship, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
+ Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Emotions, Parenthood, Transformation, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
+ Author, October 30, 2023January 2, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Fear, Perception, Thoughts, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It’s probably more Western than U.S. per se. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Pleasure, Value, Western, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
The interesting thing is why we’re so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Connection, Desperation, Isolation, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
I had, by thirteen, developed a sort of Taoist hubris about my ability to control via non-control. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Control, Hubris, Taoism, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
She had a brainy girls discomfort about her own beauty and its effects on folks. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Beauty, Insecurity, Perception, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
