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Sie wollen das ganze Gefühl, sie wollen ihrer Umgebung die Lebenskräfte entziehen, mit der Gier großer Pflanzen, die um sich herum alles leersaugen, dem Boden, den Keimlingen die Kraft, die Feuchtigkeit und den Duft rauben.
They want ever more love and demand constant acts of tenderness; they want it all, all to themselves. They want the whole heart; they want to suck the life energy from their surroundings and are as greedy for it as those enormous plants that drain water, scent, and light from other shrubs.
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