David Foster Wallace quote: I never, even for a moment, doubted what they’d told me. This is why it is that adults and even ...

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 ~

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