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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy.
— Leo Tolstoy
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker longs for excitement, danger, and sacrifice for love instead of a calm existence. Describing an excess of energy gives those wishes a restless intensity. The passage presents a desire for experience large enough to match the force of feeling within.
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