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two days ago I found Donna Leone's novel, Uniform Justice.

this is the incipit:
Thirst woke him. It was not the healthy thirst that follows three sets of tennis or a day spent skiing, thirst that comes of the body's desperate attempt to replenish liquids that have been displaced by alcohol.

after these words I thought: I know this thirst!

a question... is it normal repeat three times Thirst in the same sentence?

Why not?
The sentence describes a situation in a very clear way.