"When an appetite for exciting, sensational stories is cultivated, the moral taste becomes perverted, and the mind is unsatisfied unless constantly fed upon this trashy, unwholesome food. I have seen young ladies, professed followers of Christ, who were really unhappy unless they had on hand some new novel or story paper. The mind craved stimulation as the drunkard craves intoxicating drink. These youth manifested no spirit of devotion; no heavenly light was shed upon their associates, to lead them to the Fount of knowledge. They had no deep, religious experience. If this class of reading had not been constantly before them, there might have been some hope of their reforming; but they craved it, and would have it. CE 187.1"
"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."
John 6:35 states that Jesus is the bread of life, and those who come to Him will never hunger or thirst. EGW's passage describes how cultivating an appetite for sensational stories can lead to a craving for unwholesome food, leaving the mind unsatisfied and hindering spiritual growth. Both passages use the metaphor of hunger and thirst to illustrate the importance of seeking true nourishment, whether physical or spiritual.