I just learned through a message group I subscribe to that a personal hero of mine, the author David Foster Wallace, took his own life last night. His novel Infinite Jest is one of my favorite books. He was only 46.
I don't have the words to express how I feel right now.
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I'm really sorry. I know how it feels, and it's hard to explain. It's a loss on a personal level, to something that makes up part of who you are, as opposed to a loss that marks a physical presence of a person close to you in the reality of your life.
Read the book again. :)
awe! that's really sad. :( I'm sorry.
~Meg/Minx
I am so sorry for the loss.
Hi Rachael,
That is incredibly well said, I appreciate it.
It sounds very corny, but one of my dreams/goals/whatever since becoming a professional writer was to meet DFW. I have a list of people I'd love to meet (I'm really a fannish person)but he topped the list. I'm sorry I'll never get the chance. I'm sorry he won't be writing anymore, I'm sorry for him, his family--mostly I'm just sorry.
But I am taking your very sound advice to heart.
Thank you,
Dan
Hi Meg,
Thanks.
Take care,
Dan
Hi Hotkevin11,
Thanks. Me, too.
Take care,
Dan
i am so very sorry. i my self have just lost a cousin, and understand that losing someone no matter the situation is difficult.
~peace be with you and help
you be at ease.
Hi Victoria,
I'm sorry about your cousin as well. Thank you for the kind thoughts.
Take care,
Dan
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