Sep. 13 2008

It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time…

(From DFW’s commencement speech at Kenyon).

Last night, David Foster Wallace hanged himself. This is a heartbreaking loss.

(via debauchette)

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