Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence.
David Foster WallaceKeep in mind that a language is both a map of the world and its own world, with its own shadowlands and crevasses - places where statements that seem to obey all the language's rules are nevertheless impossible to deal with.
David Foster WallaceTrue heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and careโwith no one there to see or cheer. This is the world.
David Foster WallaceYou get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship.
David Foster Wallace