“you can't keep the thoughts from popping in there. The thing they try to teach you is just to Let Them Go, the thoughts. Let them come as they will, but do not Entertain them.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Spanner's the facility doctor for Flaweds. Some people are put off by his drinking. Others are put off by his shoddy personal hygiene. I'm put off by his medical track record.”
― CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
― CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
“He kept complaining about everything until they finally turned on him and asked him just what it was that he wanted. That seemed to stop him and he gave it some thought and finally he said that he just wanted to be happy. At which they turned on him all over again and said no no no, Leonard. Realistic goals.”
― Stella Maris
― Stella Maris
“No! No! Any conversation or interchange is better than none at all, to trust him on this, that the worst kind of gut-wrenching intergenerational interface is better than withdrawal or hiddenness on either side.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“and he also told me that I should rethink submitting my thesis.
He read your thesis.
He read three different drafts of it, actually.
Did he understand it?
Pretty much. He understood what was wrong with it.
And that was?
That nobody could understand it.”
― Stella Maris
He read your thesis.
He read three different drafts of it, actually.
Did he understand it?
Pretty much. He understood what was wrong with it.
And that was?
That nobody could understand it.”
― Stella Maris
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