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29OCT22. Well derailed is *one* way to put it. You've heard of not being able to commit to reading a book? Here I am for two years unable to commit to shelving one. In fact I did grab a chapter or two here and there (Oct '20, Sept. '21, though as you
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“And blood-black nothingness began to spin. A system of cells interlinked, within cells interlinked, within cells interlinked within one stem. And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played.”
― Pale Fire
― Pale Fire
“People who intentionally become famous - I mean people who, after a little taste of fame, want more and more of it - are, and I honestly believe this, deeply psychologically ill. The fact that we are exposed to these people everywhere in our culture, as if they are not only normal but attractive and enviable, indicates the extent of our disfiguring social disease.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Then in such a case your temple is self and sentiment. Then in such an instance you are a fanatic of desire, a slave to your individual subjective narrow self's sentiments; a citizen of nothing. You become a citizen of nothing. You are by yourself and alone, kneeling to yourself.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Imagine lying on ice and not being cold. We are all in corpse pose on the mats. What she really said was imagine a place of safety and peace.”
― Bough Down
― Bough Down
“It ain't my cup of meat.”
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David Foster Wallace
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A group for the amazing work of David Foster Wallace, now deceased. RIP 1962-2008 Feel free to add his books to the bookshelf for the group.
A group for the amazing work of David Foster Wallace, now deceased. RIP 1962-2008 Feel free to add his books to the bookshelf for the group.
Women and Men
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Women and Men began as a reading group for Joseph McElroy's masterpiece. It has developed into All Things McElroy. We have chapter threads for discuss ...more
Women and Men began as a reading group for Joseph McElroy's masterpiece. It has developed into All Things McElroy. We have chapter threads for discuss ...more
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