| | |

Hunger quotes

edits filters

“Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception.” George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism” - 1945

“Life is a moment-to-moment struggle against hunger or cold or sleeplessness, against a sour stomach or an aching tooth.” George Orwell, “1984” - 1949

“Tyrion says that people often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.” George R. R. Martin, “A Clash of Kings” - 1999

“For the gods know I speak this in hunger for bread, not in thirst for revenge.” William Shakespeare, “Coriolanus” - 1623

“They did not know that the quicker a fresh-water fish is on the fire after he is caught the better he is; and they reflected little upon what a sauce open-air sleeping, open-air exercise, bathing, and a large ingredient of hunger make, too.” Mark Twain, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” - 1876

“The poor morsel of food only whetted desire.” Mark Twain, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” - 1876

“Please, sir, I want some more.” Charles Dickens, “Oliver Twist” - 1838

“Well, many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese—toasted, mostly—and woke up again, and here I were.” Robert Louis Stevenson, “Treasure Island” - 1883

“And good luck and strong white teeth go with noble children that they may never forget the hungry in this world."” Rudyard Kipling, “The Jungle Book” - 1894

“However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten for fifteen hours.” Jules Verne, “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea” - 1870

“UFOs are back in the news, and it is high time we took a serious look at this phenomenon. (Actually, the time is ten past eight, so not only are we a few minutes late but I'm hungry).” Woody Allen, “Side Effects” - 1980

“I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it - to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.” Haruki Murakami, “Norwegian Wood” - 1987

“How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him—he has known a fear beyond every other.” John Steinbeck, “The Grapes of Wrath” - 1939

“Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.” Herman Melville, “Moby-Dick” - 1851

“There’s something to be said for hunger: at least it lets you know you’re still alive.” Margaret Atwood, “Oryx and Crake” - 2003

“Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there.” John Steinbeck, “The Grapes of Wrath” - 1939

Related topics

food love life truth fear time dream revenge poverty philosophy end luck charity eating satisfaction politics fish taste nationalism self-deception

Related authors

Mark Twain (2)
George Orwell (2)
John Steinbeck (2)
William Shakespeare (1)
George R. R. Martin (1)
Herman Melville (1)
Charles Dickens (1)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1)
Rudyard Kipling (1)
Jules Verne (1)
Haruki Murakami (1)
Woody Allen (1)
Margaret Atwood (1)

Related sources

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2)
The Grapes of Wrath (2)
Coriolanus (1)
1984 (1)
Moby-Dick (1)
Notes on Nationalism (1)
Oliver Twist (1)
Treasure Island (1)
The Jungle Book (1)
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1)
Norwegian Wood (1)
Side Effects (1)
A Clash of Kings (1)
Oryx and Crake (1)