This time from Jitterbug Perfume

  • “Pointing out that their breathing, bathing, dining, and screwing brought Alobar and Kundra much physical pleasure, and that an organism steeped in pleasure is an organism disposed to continue, he has said that the will to live cannot be overestimated as a stimulant to longevity. … Persons who lack curiosity about life, who find minimal joy in existence, are all too willing, subconsciously, to cooperate with  — and attract — disease, accident, and violence” (176)