Jen

“They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.”
― David Foster Wallace

“If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If religion is a tight band, a throbbing vein, and a needle, tradition is a far homelier concoction: poppy seeds ground into tea; a sweet cocoa drink laced with cocaine; the kind of thing your grandmother might have made.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― Flannery O'Connor