“Desire,” he replied firmly. “Their abundance, that ‘everything right now’ which they got without any effort, had killed their sense of longing. All that luxury had made them numb. They had no idea what it meant to dream of something unattainable, to feel that hunger for achieving something that seemed so far away. They never had to fight for anything, and that made them weak—unable to adapt or respond.” Desire Book:The Strength of Fragile Days: A Long Journey Across the Middle Lands Source: The Strength of Fragile Days: A Long Journey Across the Middle Lands