What did David Foster Wallace mean by: There are very few innocent sentences in writing. David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA Copy
I believe I want adult sanity, which seems to me the only unalloyed form of heroism available today. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Adulthood, Heroism, Sanity, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
+ Author, September 23, 2023January 2, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Emotions, Identity, Relationships, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
+ Author, July 8, 2023January 2, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Altruism, Perception, Relationships, 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
Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Perception, Recognition, Self-worth, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
Why not? Why not?Why not not, then, if the best reasoning you can contrive is why not? Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Challenge, Curiosity, Rationalization, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
People, unless they’re paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Authority, Intelligence, Perception, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
Acceptance is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Foster Wallace, Acceptance, Fatigue, Mindset, 0 David Foster Wallace Novelist · USA
