Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitu…

David Foster Wallace
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Stated as an English sentence, of course, this is just a banal platitude - but the fact is that, in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have life-or-death importance. That may sound like hyperbole, or abstract nonsense. ✨ 'Plain Old Untrendy Troubles and Emotions'. www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2008.
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