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The Pale King
by David Foster Wallace, Michael Pietsch

The Pale King
by David Foster Wallace, Michael Pietsch

The Pale King
by David Foster Wallace, Michael Pietsch

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the boy who tries to press his lips to every square inch of his body

Foster Wallace, D. (2012). §36. In Foster Wallace, D. The Pale King. Penguin, pp. 396-409

dare to achieve

406

[...] To the medicine cabinet's mirror in the home's bathroom, for instance, where he could not help but reread and internalize them as he tended to personal grooming, were taped inspiration mxims such as:

'NO BIRD SOARS TOO HIGH, IF HE SOARS WITH HIS OWN WINGS--BLAKE'

'IF WE ABDICATE OUR INITIATIVE, WE BECOME PASSIVE--RECEPTIVE VICTIMS OF ON-COMING CIRCUMSTANCES--BEECHER FOUNDATION'

'DARE TO ACHIEVE!--NAPOLEON HILL'

dare to achieve is my fave cus it's so empty

—p.406 by David Foster Wallace 7 years, 2 months ago

[...] To the medicine cabinet's mirror in the home's bathroom, for instance, where he could not help but reread and internalize them as he tended to personal grooming, were taped inspiration mxims such as:

'NO BIRD SOARS TOO HIGH, IF HE SOARS WITH HIS OWN WINGS--BLAKE'

'IF WE ABDICATE OUR INITIATIVE, WE BECOME PASSIVE--RECEPTIVE VICTIMS OF ON-COMING CIRCUMSTANCES--BEECHER FOUNDATION'

'DARE TO ACHIEVE!--NAPOLEON HILL'

dare to achieve is my fave cus it's so empty

—p.406 by David Foster Wallace 7 years, 2 months ago