“Love is lust made meaningful. Hope is hunger made human.”
“The virtue of hope, in Enoch, was made up of two parts suspicion and one part lust.”
“The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother-love or patriotism or art: but lust is less likely to be made into a religion.”
“Love made her patient. It made her hopeful.”
“Yay, Old Uns' Smart mastered sicks, miles, seeds, an' made miracles ord'nary, but it din't master one thing, nay, a hunger in the hearts o' humans, yay, a hunger for more.”
“Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything.”