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The gift of a good high school English teacher is that their wholehearted earnestness is often enough to make you repent your teenage nihilism. Despite his penchant for being annoying, Mr. O’Neill often attempted to inspire Daria to channel
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“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”
― How to Be Alone
― How to Be Alone
“So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”
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“How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books!”
― Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
― Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
The Pale King
— 81 members
— last activity Sep 04, 2011 08:00PM
Discussions about David Foster Wallace's posthumous release, The Pale King. ...more
Summer of Jest
— 143 members
— last activity Jun 20, 2019 05:02PM
If you've been meaning to read (or re-read) this book—all 1,079 pages of it—then here's a chance to do so before you die, while also being part of a l ...more
Infinite Winter 2016
— 150 members
— last activity Mar 11, 2016 10:45AM
Infinite Winter (http://www.infinitewinter.org) is an online book club dedicated to reading David Foster Wallace’s 1,000+ page novel Infinite Jest. Jo ...more
Peter’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Peter’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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