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David Foster Wallace12 quotes
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you. — David Foster Wallace · 1996The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty, unsexy ways, every day. — David Foster Wallace · 2005"Acceptance" is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else. — David Foster Wallace · 1996Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else. — David Foster Wallace · 1996The mind is an excellent servant but a terrible master. — David Foster Wallace · 2005Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure? — David Foster Wallace · 2004All 12 quotes →