"I'm so hungry. I'm SSSTAAAHHHVING!"

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(--Augustus Bloom, old-school 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory')

"When you have something TAKEN AWAY from you, it makes you 'HUNGRIER' and makes you want it MORE."
(--Star forward Sam Dekker of the University of Wisconsin basketball team)

I--TEMPORARILY (… I use THAT WORD, 'cuz it's ESSENTIAL to NEVER abandon HOPE!)--"lost" the FULL function of my legs.
Now, I've realized just how IMPORTANT (NOT QUITE "ESSENTIAL", 'cuz I'm still VERY MUCH "functioning" … and I can't even SPEAK … that cogently) and VITAL "waking" IS.


MORAL:
"You don't know HOW MUCH you've got, 'til it's GONE."
(… Wasn't that a song?!)
(… Or, SOMETHING to that effect?)



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