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The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough.
Ask away!
Grammar with David Foster Wallace
I love this.
You have been entrusted to feed your neighbor’s dog for a week while he (the neighbor) is out of town. The neighbor returns home; something has gone awry; you are questioned.
“I fed the dog.”
“Did you feed the parakeet?”
“I fed only the dog.”
“Did anyone else feed the dog?”
“Only I fed the dog.”
“Did you fondle/molest the dog?”
“I only fed the dog!”
From D. T. Max’s biography of David Foster Wallace, Every Love Story is a Ghost Story.
