One of the major pleasures in life is appetite, and one of our major duties should be to preserve it.Appetite is the keenness of living: it is one of the senses that tells you that you are still curious to exist, that you still have an edge on your longings and want to bite into the world and taste its numerous flavours and juices.By appetite, of course, I don't mean just the desire for food, but any condition of unsatisfied desire, any burning in the blood that proves you want more than you' ve got, and that you haven't used up your life.Wilde said he felt sorry for those who never got their heart's desire, but sorrier still for those who did.For appetite,for me, is this state of wanting, which keeps one' s expectations alive.
生活中一项最大的乐趣便是有个好胃口，而我们的主要职责之一便是保持这一好胃口。食欲是对生活的一种强烈的愿望，这是一种感觉，它告诉你你仍渴望着，你还有许多渴望尚待实现，还想继续生活在这世界上，品尝各种风味。所谓胃口，当然，我不仅仅指对食物的热望，而且指任何未满足渴望的情况，任何血液的沸腾都证明了你要的不仅仅是这些，你还未好好享受人生。王尔德说他对那些从未得到满足者表示遗憾，但对那些已经心满意足的人更感到悲哀。欲望对我来说，是一种渴求的状态，它使这种希望永远存在。
