Time
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Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.
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David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and professor.
He was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962.
He attended Amherst College and the University of Arizona.
His first novel, The Broom of the System, was published in 1987.
His most famous novel is Infinite Jest, published in 1996.
He died by suicide in 2008.
He is considered one of the most important and influential writers of his generation.
His work is characterized by its intelligence, wit, and compassion.
He is a major figure in American literature.
He was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962.
He attended Amherst College and the University of Arizona.
His first novel, The Broom of the System, was published in 1987.
His most famous novel is Infinite Jest, published in 1996.
He died by suicide in 2008.
He is considered one of the most important and influential writers of his generation.
His work is characterized by its intelligence, wit, and compassion.
He is a major figure in American literature.
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Love
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The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.
Relationships
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Lonely people tend, rather, to be lonely because they decline to bear the psychic costs of being around other humans. They are allergic to people. People affect them too strongly.
Truth
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The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.
Books
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I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.
Humor
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Mary had a little lamb, its fleece electrostatic / And everywhere Mary went, the lights became erratic.
Humor
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The integrity of my sleep has been forever compromised, sir.
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