“It did what all ads are supposed to do: create an anxiety relievable by purchase. It just did it way more well than wisely”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“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
“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
“Boo, I think I no longer believe in monsters as faces in the floor or feral infants or vampires or whatever. I think at seventeen now I believe the only real monsters might be the type of liar where there's simply no way to tell. The ones who give nothing away.'
'But then how do you know they're monsters, then?'
'That's the monstrosity right there, Boo. I'm starting to think.'
'Golly Ned.'
'That they walk among us. Teach our children. Inscrutable. Brass-faced.”
― Infinite Jest
'But then how do you know they're monsters, then?'
'That's the monstrosity right there, Boo. I'm starting to think.'
'Golly Ned.'
'That they walk among us. Teach our children. Inscrutable. Brass-faced.”
― Infinite Jest
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