The best quotes by David Foster Wallace to send on WhatsApp

David Foster Wallace was an American writer recognized for his work “The Neverending Joke”, positioned among the 100 best English-language novels written between 1923 and 2006, and one of the most important of the 20th century.

His first book, “The broom of the system”, was published in 1987. He wrote it as his thesis when he was studying philosophy and English studies at Amherst College. He also holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona, a subject on which he later taught at Pomona College in Claremont.

Among his best-known works are “The Girl with Strange Hair”, “Let’s Talk About Lobsters”, “The Pale King” and “Tennis as a Religious Experience”.

The best quotes by David Foster Wallace

• “We are what we walk between two points.”
• “It is a proven fact that some people erode the self-esteem of others simply because of who they are and what they are.”
• “Logical validity is no guarantee of truth.”
• “The depressed person suffered terrible and unremitting emotional distress, and the inability to share or express that distress was itself a component of the distress and a contributing factor to its essential horror.”
• “And what happens when sometimes there is no choice about what to love? What if the temple went to Muhammad? What if you simply love? Without deciding? You simply do it: you see it and in that moment you forget about accounting and the only thing you can choose is to love it…
• “I guess being shy basically means being self-centered to the point that it becomes difficult to be around other people.”
• “The hatred you feel for your job at the end of the day is just part of the job.”
• “The truth is what will set you free. But not until I’m done with you.”
• “The man who knows his limits has none.”