Poor little thing! She's gasping for love like a carp on a kitchen table gasping for water.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A person is described as desperately needing affection, comparing her state to a fish out of water.
- In plain terms
- She needs love badly like a fish needs water to live.
- What can you take from it?
- Humans have basic emotional needs similar to physical survival needs.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you need to feel alive?
- How does love sustain you?
Another view
Not all emotional need equates to life-threatening desperation.
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