I do things like get in a taxi and say, The library, and step on it. ✨…

David Foster Wallace
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I do things like get in a taxi and say, The library, and step on it. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2011). Infinite Jest, p.16, Hachette UK
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I do things like get in a taxi and say, The library, and step on it. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2011). Infinite Jest, p.16, Hachette UK

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