The new rebels might be the ones willing to risk the yawn, the rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists, the “how banal.”

If,

See this thing. See inside what spins without purchase. Close your eye. Absolutely no salesmen will call. Relax. Lie back. I want nothing from you. Lie back. Relax. Quality soil washes right out. Lie back. Open. Face directions. Look. Listen. Use ears I’d be proud to call our own. Listen to the silence behind the engines’ noise. Jesus,

Infinite Jest counterposes sincerity and faith against moral lassitude.

“If words are all we have as world and god, we must treat them with care and rigor: we must worship.”

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O’Connor’s “Good Country People,”

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how sad the world was when you opened your eyes, how much pain it contained.