David Foster Wallace: 10 quotes on his birthday

Here, from modern literary master David Foster Wallace, are 10 quotes to celebrate his life.

3. On reality

"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says 'Morning, boys. How's the water?' And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes 'What the [heck] is water?'"

(Wallace's commencement speech given at Kenyon College in 2005)

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