David Foster Wallace Pdf | Octet

Turn your paper over. Sit in the silence for thirty seconds. Do not fill the silence with a device. The silence is the real PDF. The silence is the only thing no one can sell you.

Fill in the blank: The hardest thing to say to another person is not “I love you” or “I’m sorry” or even “You were right.” The hardest thing is ____________. octet david foster wallace pdf

Now: does performing happiness make the happiness less real? Or does it make the performance the only real thing? David Foster Wallace somewhere (not here, not in this fictional octet, but somewhere) wrote that the really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline. But he also wrote about a woman who couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that she was thinking. Which is this sentence’s trap door: you are now thinking about thinking about performing happiness. The octet applauds. The applause is lonely. Turn your paper over

If your answer is “I don’t know” or “That’s a stupid question” or “Why am I reading this,” you are correct. The correct answer is always a question. The silence is the real PDF