the broom of the system
David Foster Wallace was found dead by his wife yesterday. He hanged himself.
I shouldn't be devastated by this. People close to me are sick and hurting.
Death is not the exception, though. And for those whom I know have hope, death isn't the last word. Regardless, none of us gets to escape from it; but giving up seems so selfish.
And DFW, man... I don't know him at all. But he had the words, you know? The world can't possibly be a better place without him in it. That it wasn't, for him of all people, enough to keep going?
Even the best of us is less than the sum of our selves.
I shouldn't be devastated by this. People close to me are sick and hurting.
Death is not the exception, though. And for those whom I know have hope, death isn't the last word. Regardless, none of us gets to escape from it; but giving up seems so selfish.
And DFW, man... I don't know him at all. But he had the words, you know? The world can't possibly be a better place without him in it. That it wasn't, for him of all people, enough to keep going?
Even the best of us is less than the sum of our selves.