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Unbelievable. Wouldn't have made it through without the help of InfiniteSummer.org book club project, but I'm really glad I did. It's one of those change-the-way you think/read/live books and truly epic enough that it lives up to the hype. First DFW
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If you did “everything, you’ll win.” To Lyndon Johnson, “everything” meant literally that: absolutely anything that was necessary. If some particular effort might help, that effort would be made, no matter how difficult making it might be.
“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”
― How to Be Alone
― How to Be Alone
“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.”
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“How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books!”
― Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
― Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
“The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn't really over, so you're relieved. But then the song does actually end, because every song ends, obviously, and THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
The Pale King
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— last activity Sep 04, 2011 08:00PM
Discussions about David Foster Wallace's posthumous release, The Pale King. ...more
Summer of Jest
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— last activity Jun 20, 2019 05:02PM
If you've been meaning to read (or re-read) this book—all 1,079 pages of it—then here's a chance to do so before you die, while also being part of a l ...more
Infinite Winter 2016
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— last activity Mar 11, 2016 10:45AM
Infinite Winter (http://www.infinitewinter.org) is an online book club dedicated to reading David Foster Wallace’s 1,000+ page novel Infinite Jest. Jo ...more
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