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Consumption Quotes

"Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank."

"Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank."

Alphonse Allais, French Writer

Consumption, Coffee, Sleep

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"We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed."

"We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Consumption, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

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"We are just statistics, born to consume resources."

"We are just statistics, born to consume resources."

Horace, Roman Poet

Consumption, Statistics

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"When life hasn't got a swing anymore, people may give in to obsessive oniomaniac compulsions, in as much as they are going out of their way to construct a flamboyant life style and change their identity from "don't-need to "must-have consumers, so as to satisfy their gripping buying desire. ['Buying now. Dying later']"

"When life hasn't got a swing anymore, people may give in to obsessive oniomaniac compulsions, in as much as they are going out of their way to construct a flamboyant life style and change their identity from "don't-need to "must-have consumers, so as to satisfy their gripping buying desire. ['Buying now. Dying later']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Consumption, Consumer, Addiction, Identity, Desire

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"She swallowed his blood, a dark vintage from some forgotten cellar. She felt like Persephone in Hades, pomegranate seeds bursting against her teeth, juice rolling on her tongue, and the more she had, the more she hungered."

"She swallowed his blood, a dark vintage from some forgotten cellar. She felt like Persephone in Hades, pomegranate seeds bursting against her teeth, juice rolling on her tongue, and the more she had, the more she hungered."

Holly Black, American Author

Consumption, Hunger, Myth, Desire, Darkness

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