The fact that the most powerful and significant connections in our liv…

David Foster Wallace
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The fact that the most powerful and significant connections in our lives are (at the time) invisible to us seems to me a compelling argument for religious reverence rather than skeptical empiricism as a response to life's meaning. ✨ All That by David Foster Wallace, www.newyorker.com. December 14, 2009.
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