I felt, as I became a later and later bloomer, alienated not just from…

David Foster Wallace
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I felt, as I became a later and later bloomer, alienated not just from my own recalcitrant glabrous little body but in a way from the whole elemental exterior I'd come to see as my co-conspirator. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, p.14, Hachette UK
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I felt, as I became a later and later bloomer, alienated not just from my own recalcitrant glabrous little body but in a way from the whole elemental exterior I'd come to see as my co-conspirator. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2012). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, p.14, Hachette UK

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