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Mary Roach says sexual desire is a state…

“Sexual desire is a state not unlike hunger.” – Mary Roach, Bonk:  The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

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Carew Papritz says so be hungry…

“Hunger. You are only here now, and then you are gone. So be hungry. Hunger toward beauty. Hunger toward love. Hunger towards the unimaginable and unthinkable.” – Carew Papritz, The Legacy Letters: His Wife, His Children, His Final Gift

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Barbara Kingsolver says hunger of the body is altogether different…

“Hunger of the body is altogether different from the shallow, daily hunger of the belly. Those who have known this kind of hunger cannot entirely love, ever again, those who have not.” – Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

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Sarah Addison Allen says it felt like hunger but deeper, heavier…

“Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate expectation.” – Sarah Addison Allen, The … Continue reading

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Jack Llawayllynn says I hunger for your taste, your smell…

“I hunger for your taste, your smell, the feel of your soul touching mine.” – Jack Llawayllynn, Indulgence

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Caroline Knapp says what we want, of course, what lies in the cupboard marked important…

“What we want, of course, what lies in the cupboard marked ‘important,’ is connection, love: If the deepest source of human hunger had a name, that would be it; if the boxes of constraint in which so many women live … Continue reading

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Jorge Luis Borges says I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart…

“I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart. I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.” – Jorge Luis Borges

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