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Say never

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Foster Wallace, D. (1996). Say never. In Foster Wallace, D. Girl with Curious Hair. W. W. Norton & Company, pp. 203-226

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Cinnamon girl. Full-lipped, candy-skinned, brandy-haired South American-type girl. A type: a girl the color of dirty light, eyes a well-boiled white and hair like liquor, scintillant and smoky; precisely pointed breasts that shimmy when her chest caves in, when her chest caves in and hand flutters worried about the breastbone, from the laughter. [...]

And I watched her crumple, eyes the color of cream squeezed right, [...]

describing women (esp. if they're dark-skinned) using food-based adjectives

inspiration: CF describing women pre-epiphany

—p.213 by David Foster Wallace 7 years, 7 months ago

Cinnamon girl. Full-lipped, candy-skinned, brandy-haired South American-type girl. A type: a girl the color of dirty light, eyes a well-boiled white and hair like liquor, scintillant and smoky; precisely pointed breasts that shimmy when her chest caves in, when her chest caves in and hand flutters worried about the breastbone, from the laughter. [...]

And I watched her crumple, eyes the color of cream squeezed right, [...]

describing women (esp. if they're dark-skinned) using food-based adjectives

inspiration: CF describing women pre-epiphany

—p.213 by David Foster Wallace 7 years, 7 months ago

(noun) an intervening space

216

my lone interstice a trans-cultural spice of encouragement

—p.216 by David Foster Wallace
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7 years, 9 months ago

my lone interstice a trans-cultural spice of encouragement

—p.216 by David Foster Wallace
confirm
7 years, 9 months ago

(noun) inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color

not beveled

220

too unbeveled to have been a dream

pretty word

—p.220 by David Foster Wallace
notable
7 years, 9 months ago

too unbeveled to have been a dream

pretty word

—p.220 by David Foster Wallace
notable
7 years, 9 months ago