We're all lonely for something we don't know we're lonely for. How els…

David Foster Wallace
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We're all lonely for something we don't know we're lonely for. How else to explain the curious feeling that goes around feeling like missing somebody we've never even met? ✨ The Oscars Get It All Wrong Again: David Foster Wallace and the Best Film of 2015 by Allen Callaci, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 19, 2016.
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