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“My chest bumps like a dryer with shoes in it.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden.”
― The Broom of the System
― The Broom of the System
“In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.”
― Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
― Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
“But if I decide to decide there’s a different, less selfish, less lonely point to my life, won’t the reason for this decision be my desire to be less lonely, meaning to suffer less overall pain? Can the decision to be less selfish ever be anything other than a selfish decision?”
― Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
― Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
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