Depressed

Jakob 2022-01-17 08:01:22

"I saw David and I sitting in the front seat. We are both so young. He wants something better than now, but I just want to own what he has now. We are all confused about life, this feeling It's like smelling tobacco, soda and cigarettes. Talking to him is the best time I have ever had in my life. David feels that the existence of books makes them wake up from loneliness. If I can, I want to say to David, and The time he was together reminded me of what life really is, rather than getting liberated from it. So I have to tell him that being aware of this makes me feel less alone." —David Lipsky

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  • Federico 2022-03-28 09:01:09

    This kind of road chatter, the entire paragraph of the dialogue is thrown over. . . Given that lonely people are sensitive at heart, I can understand Wallace's style to a large extent, even though I don't. A point that Wallace has repeatedly emphasized is that his actions are all up to him, and he has no intention of pleasing others. For the excessive insistence on this point, my personal experience is that I will care about other people's thoughts, so I have to pretend not to care.

  • Polly 2022-03-24 09:03:17

    Don't read David Foster Wallace less, and never read Three Kingdoms.

The End of the Tour quotes

  • David Foster Wallace: It's so much easier having dogs.

    David Lipsky: Ha, ha - I'm sure.

    David Foster Wallace: I mean, yes, you don't get laid, but you don't have that feeling, like you're hurting their feelings, all the time.

    David Lipsky: Right, right.

    David Foster Wallace: I'd like to emphasise strictly platonic relationship with the dogs.

    David Lipsky: He he; I'll make sure I'll highlight it in the article, sure.

  • David Lipsky: Do you wanna have kids?...

    David Foster Wallace: Yeah, I think that writing books is a little like raising children, y'know -you have to be careful; mm; it's ok to take pride in the work, but I think it's bad for someone to want the glory to reflect back on you.

    David Lipsky: I mean, sounds like you're worried about having children.

    David Foster Wallace: I'm not wanna say anymore about that - if that's ok?