“and the desire would never be satisfied, except by a being of equal greatness.”
“But there was nothing except this languid contentment of satisfied desire, as if the rules had changed or the world wasn't the same anymore.”
“Satisfying natural desires is fine, but natural desires have a way of being both competitive and consequential.”
“We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. ”
“It was a melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them.”
“Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.”