“She poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) American novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1879)
"The Birthmark" from Mosses from an Old Manse (1846)
“So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day.”
Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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"The Big Hunger" (1952)
Context: The old man was sad as he sat on his porch. He knew so little of the Great Purpose. Why must his seed fling itself starward? He knew that it must — but he lacked a reason. His grandchildren played in the twilight, played space-games, although there was not yet a starship on the planet.
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to quench my thirst-for all eternity"
-Luna Maxwell”
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Source: Vampireville
