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" Undue significance a starving man attaches to food
Far off ; he sighs, and therefore hopeless,
And therefore good.

Partaken, it relieves indeed, but proves us
That spices fly
In the receipt. It was the distance
Was savory. "

Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson quote : Undue significance a starving man attaches to food<br />Far off ; he sighs, and therefore hopeless,<br />And therefore good.<br /><br />Partaken, it relieves indeed, but proves us<br />That spices fly<br />In the receipt. It was the distance<br />Was savory.