Author: David Shields

Quotes

I really love that idea of the essay as an investigation. That's all anyone's life is.

I really love that idea of the essay as an investigation. That's all anyone's life is.

- David Shields

Aging followed by death is the price we pay for the immortality of our genes. You find this information soul-killing; I find it thrilling, liberating.

Aging followed by death is the price we pay for the immortality of our genes. You find this information soul-killing; I find it thrilling, liberating.

- David Shields

All art is theft.

All art is theft.

- David Shields

I don't know what's the matter with me, why I'm so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor.

I don't know what's the matter with me, why I'm so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor.

- David Shields

Honesty is the best policy; the only way out is deeper in: a candid confrontation with existence is dizzying, liberating.

Honesty is the best policy; the only way out is deeper in: a candid confrontation with existence is dizzying, liberating.

- David Shields

Take Jonathan Franzen's work: it's just old wine in new bottles. They say he's the Tolstoy of the digital age, but there can only be a Tolstoy of the Tolstoyan age.

Take Jonathan Franzen's work: it's just old wine in new bottles. They say he's the Tolstoy of the digital age, but there can only be a Tolstoy of the Tolstoyan age.

- David Shields

A book makes claims of literary art.

A book makes claims of literary art.

- David Shields

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