Sunday, May 19, 2013

Hunger - the ultimate force?

"No fear can stand up to hunger, no patience can wear it out, disgust simply does not exist where hunger is; and as to superstition, beliefs, and what you may call principles, they are less than chaff in a breeze."
 - Joseph Conrad

I recalled when I was younger in my teens, a friend named Karthik once asked me: "Alex,  what's the greatest satisfaction you can have in life?" Being a teenager, raging hormones and all, I think I blurted out "Sex!" 

His exact reply: "No, the greatest satisfaction you can have in life to to satisfy your hunger. That is better than sex." I was totally mystified and confounded then, and I went something like "Huh?? Are you sure?"

Those were the days when we were young and innocent. 

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