David Foster Wallace as a metaphor for certain things about sacrifice, individuality, socialization, selfishness and transcendence

by Cole Robertson “As I see it, it probably really is good for the soul to be a tourist, even if it’s only once in a while. Not good for the soul in a refreshing or enlivening way, though, but rather in a grim, steely-eyed, let’s-look-honestly-at-the-facts-and-find-some-way-to-deal-with-them way.” -David Foster Wallace, from Consider the Lobster I’ve [...]

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