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Desire is the kind of thing thateats youandleaves you starving.


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Just because someone desires you, it does not mean that they value you.Read it over.Again.Let those words resonate in your mind.



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No’ might make them angry but it will make you free.



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i am a woman and a poem. – visceral



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This page presents the quote "Desire is the kind of thing thateats youandleaves you starving.". Author of this quote is Nayyirah Waheed. This quote is about desire, lust, starvation, love, affection,.