“I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.”
Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
“No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo”
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