David Foster Wallace
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Bliss - a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious - lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (Tax Returns, Televised Golf) and, in waves, a boredom like you’ve never known will wash over you and just about kill you. Ride these out, and it’s like stepping from black and white into color. Like water after days in the desert. Instant bliss in every atom. ✨ Will David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King Be the Most Boring Book Ever? by Lane Brown, www.vulture.com. March 3, 2009.

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