sarcasm and jokes were often the bottle in which clinical depressives sent out their most plangent screams for someone to care and help them. - David Foster Wallace

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sarcasm and jokes were often the bottle in which clinical depressives sent out their most plangent screams for someone to care and help them.

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About David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace (21 February 1962 – 12 September 2008) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His works include The Broom of the System (novel), Infinite Jest (novel), The Girl With Curious Hair (short story collection), Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (short story collection), A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (essay collection), and the posthumously-published The Pale King (novel) and Both Flesh and Not (essay collection).

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