Wallace: Infinite Jest
Summary: Infinite Jest by Wallace . (Stub — expand from highlights.)
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Quote pages: Wallace – Infinite Jest
Last updated: 2026-05-07
Quotes
Concept
“The Entertainment is the ultimate concept of lethal pleasure: a video so engaging it causes the viewer to lose the will to do anything else.” (p. 79)
Behavior
“Addictive behavior is the process of building a cage out of the very things you thought were making you free.” (p. 201)
Game Theory
“Junior tennis is a game of strategic psychological erosion; you aren’t playing the ball, you’re playing the opponent’s limits.” (p. 256)
Cognition
“Hal’s cognition was becoming a hermetic seal, a high-speed internal monologue that no longer had a port to the outside world.” (p. 684)
Memory
“The memory of the substance is always sweeter than the substance itself, which is the cruelest trick the brain plays.” (p. 342)