"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."

Desire, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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"But you're so strong. I wish I were strong. I just like eating."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

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"We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another."

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"The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity."

"Never arouse her if you can't satiate her in entirety!"

"We hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume."

"Ask yourself what a man without guile might do to your body in the dark."

"Desires are not killed by fulfilling them."

"The lust for comfort that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host and then a master."

"But you're so strong. I wish I were strong. I just like eating."

"We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another."

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"Most powerful is he who has himself in his power."

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"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."