Quotes for All
We ran up to them and they gave us hugs, cookies and chocolate. Being so alone, a hug meant more than anybody could imagine because that replaced the human warmth that we were starving for. We were not only starved for food, but we were starved for human kindness. And the Soviet Army did provide … Read more
Yes, I am my brother’s keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the … Read more
The success of an archery shot may bring food to the hunter’s starving family, or may constitute a horrible murder. But these outcomes are irrelevant to the assessment of that shot as a hunter-archery shot, as an attempt to hit prey without running excessive risk of failure. Ernest Sosa
In a way women are fleshier because of estrogen. It’s hard for us to lose weight because when we get super skinny we don’t ovulate. Women in camps during the Holocaust didn’t menstruate and didn’t ovulate. They were starving; they were terrified. Why emulate that condition? It’s nonsensical to me. Erica Jong
At the end of day, people are starving and, if people are starving and thirsty and they need to keep their families alive, people become desperate quickly. There are real world examples of this. Eric Kripke
I want a different world. One where I don’t wake up thinking I’m so lucky to be able to feed my daughter, and able to give people a clean drink of water. I don’t want images of starving babies at the breast in my mind. I want that to change. And if I want that, … Read more
Mine Enemy is growing old — I have at last Revenge — The Palate of the Hate departs — If any would avenge Let him be quick — the Viand flits — It is a faded Meat — Anger as soon as fed is dead — ‘Tis starving makes it fat Emily Dickinson
Anger as soon as fed is dead- ‘Tis starving makes it fat. Emily Dickinson
Starving for a high, a place to hang out inside my own head. Starving for touch. Pain, even. A way to feel. I need to feel. Ellen Hopkins
Farmers in America … are pretty large in general. Their farms are also large. But farmers in the rest of the world are quite skinny, and that’s because they’re starving. Ellen Gustafson