True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, pr…

David Foster Wallace
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True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care—with no one there to see or cheer. This is the world. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2011). The Pale King, p.19, Penguin UK
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