A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands, knowing it is something that feeds him more than water.
Michael Ondaatje (2009). “The English Patient: Special Edition”, p.165, A&C Black
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A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands, knowing it is something that feeds him more than water.