That everything is on fire, slow fire, and we're all less than a milli…

David Foster Wallace
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That everything is on fire, slow fire, and we're all less than a million breaths away from an oblivion more total than we can even bring ourselves to even try to imagine. ✨ The Pale King. Book by David Foster Wallace, April 15, 2011.
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