"The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied."
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"The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied."
"I simply adore being alone - I find it a consuming thirst - and when that thirst is slaked, then I am happy."
"Nothing else but an insatiate thirst of enjoying a greedily desired object."