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Infinite Jest
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"Deep in, what to say. Uniquely chaotic. 6 different people are writing this surely. Hectic but glimmers of shape are emerging" Apr 29, 2026 10:28AM

 
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Joseph Heller
“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.”
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Cormac McCarthy
“They were watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea.”
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

Neil Gaiman
“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
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“War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.”
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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