“ Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt. ”
Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864). copy citation
| Author | Jules Verne |
|---|---|
| Source | Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| Topic | hunger understanding |
| Date | 1864 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3748/3748-h/3748-h.htm |
Context
“replied my uncle.
A glimpse of hope had returned, although without cause. But our last meal was over, and it was now five in the morning.
Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
Therefore it was that after our long fast these few mouthfuls of meat and biscuit made us triumph over our past agonies.
But as soon as the meal was done, we each of us fell deep into thought. What was Hans thinking of—that man of the far West, but who seemed ruled by the fatalist doctrines of the East?”
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