Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep… — David Foster Wallace · Skopia

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Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest · 1996

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Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest. Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

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