# Quote — David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

> That everyone is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else. That this isn't necessarily perverse.

- Author: [David Foster Wallace](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-foster-wallace.md)
- Book: [Infinite Jest](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-foster-wallace/infinite-jest.md)
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> That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.

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