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dizzying editorial heights

[...] I made obscene amounts of money for the House, rose to such dizzying editorial heights that my salary became almost enough to live on. [...]

—p.64 The Broom of the System 5 (57) by David Foster Wallace
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her mechanical chair on its track

[...] I recall that at this point her mechanical chair on its track was caused to move toward the door of the inner office of Dr. Jay--whose fondness for useless gadgets would, I'm convinced, be of significant interest to his colleagues--and we called goodbye. [...]

—p.61 5 (57) by David Foster Wallace
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fruit of my loins

[...] Now that it's become undeniably apparent even to me that I have a son who lends to the expression "fruit of my loins" whole new vistas of meaning [...]

—p.58 5 (57) by David Foster Wallace
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a desert respects no man

MR. LUNGBERG: Don't quite a few people live around there?

GOVERNOR: Relocation. Eminent domain. A desert respects no man. Fits with the whole concept.

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MR. OBSTAT: Hey, my mother lives right near Caldwell.

GOVERNOR: Hits him, eh Neil? Part of the whole concept. Concept has to hit h…

—p.54 4 (53) by David Foster Wallace
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Mandible is getting suspicious

Lenore, come to work, where I am, remove yourself from the shower immediately and come to work now, I'll not come down for my paper until you are here, Mandible is getting suspicious when I call.

—p.32 3 (28) by David Foster Wallace