David Foster Wallace Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• I never, even for a moment, doubted what they’d told me. This is why it is that adults and even parents can, unwittingly, be cruel: they cannot imagine doubt’s complete absence. They have forgotten.

  David Foster Wallace

  Parent, Doubt, Adults

  "All That" by David Foster Wallace, www.newyorker.com. December 14, 2009.

• Happiness is not like we were walking around fingering razor blades or anything like that. But it just sort of seems as if - we sort of knew how happy our parents were, and we would compare our lives with our parents and see that, at least on the surface or according to the criteria that the culture lays down for a successful, happy life, we were actually doing better than a lot of them were.

  David Foster Wallace

  Successful, Happy Life, Parent

  Source: news.stlpublicradio.org

• I wasn't all that attracted to writing originally. I read a great deal. My parents read a great deal. I do know that as my interest in tennis waned, my interest in academics increased. I mean, I started doing my homework in high school and discovering that it was somewhat fun. And then in college I barely even played on the team because just classes were much more interesting.

  David Foster Wallace

  Fun, Team, Writing

  Source: blankonblank.org

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