Is it possible really to love other people? If Iâm lonely and in pain, everyone outside me is potential reliefâI need them. But can you really love what you need so badly? Isnât a big part of love caring more about what the other person needs? How am I supposed to subordinate my own overwhelming need to somebody elseâs needs that I canât even feel directly? And yet if I canât do this, Iâm damned to loneliness, which I definitely donât want ⦠so Iâm back at trying to overcome my selfishness for self-interested reasons. -
David Foster Wallace