
At 46 years of age, David Foster Wallace hung himself in his basement.
Continue reading David Foster WallaceAt 46 years of age, David Foster Wallace hung himself in his basement.
Continue reading David Foster WallaceAccording to Ernest Hemingway, we are born with a raw optimism, but as we acquire knowledge of life’s inescapable suffering and fundamental emptiness, we are irreversibly damaged. Therefore, we must avoid the pain of thinking too much or feeling too much.
Continue reading HemingwayDuring the final years of his life, Twain’s writings echoed a rancorous pessimism and a palpable misanthropy.
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