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Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.

Frederick Buechner

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Frederick Buechner
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: July 11
Autobiographer
Novelist
Poet
Theologian
Writer
New York City
New York
Carl Frederick Buechner
Craving
Thirst
Salt
Lust
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Men

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