Boo, I think I no longer believe in monsters as faces in the floor or …

David Foster Wallace
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Boo, I think I no longer believe in monsters as faces in the floor or feral infants or vampires or whatever. I think at seventeen now I believe the only real monsters might be the type of liar where there's simply no way to tell. The ones who give nothing away. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2011). Infinite Jest, p.519, Hachette UK
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