...the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the one…

David Foster Wallace
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...the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2009). This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life, p.10, Hachette UK
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You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't. You get to decide what to worship. ✨ 'Plain Old Untrendy Troubles and Emotions'. www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2008.
So which is the lie? Hard or soft? Silence or time? ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, p.13, Hachette UK
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The severing of an established connection is exponentially more painful than the rejection of an attempted connection. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2004). The Broom of the System: A Novel, p.171, Penguin
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...the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2009). This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life, p.10, Hachette UK

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