#hung

For the last several days I've had the sudden and general urge to buy a new book. I've stopped off at a few bookstores around the city, and while I've looked at hundreds and hundreds of books in that time, I have not found the one book that will satisfy my urge. It's not as if I don't have anything to read; there's a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to mention the shelves of books in the living room I've been meaning to reread. I find myself, maddeningly, hungry for the next one, as yet unknown. I no longer try to analyze this hunger; I capitulated long ago to the book lust that's afflicted me most of my life. I know enough about the course of the disease to know I'll discover something soon. ↗

— Lewis Buzbee

#bookstores #hunger #reading #urges #life

The vanity of the passing world and love are the two fundamental and heart-penetrating notes of true poetry. And they are two notes of which neither can be sounded without causing the other to vibrate. The feeling of the vanity of the passing world kindles love in us, the only thing that triumphs over the vain and transitory, the only thing that fills life again and eternalizes it. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#life

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. ↗

— Saint Basil

#abundance #away #brings #curses #drive

She waited for him with shallow breaths, head thrown back, eyes half closed, completely exposed in her trust of him, and it unravelled the last thread holding him together. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#couple #desire #exposed #exposing #hunger

Apparently our portmanteau is trending on Twitter." He let out a self-deprecating laugh. "I didn't even know what a portmanteau was before Jukebox Hero. It's a mashup of our names, like Brangelina or Robsten. No idea what ours is -- what do our names make?" He considered this a for a moment before shaking his head. "It's probably awful," he decided. "Could be worse, though; I hear the portmanteau for the main characters in The Hunger Games is... well, their names are Peeta and Katniss. I'll let you guys figure that one out on your own. ↗

— Andrea D. Smith

#portmanteau #reality-tv #the-hunger-games #twitter #love

If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great. ↗

— John Piper

#hunger #strong

It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry. ↗

— Alan Ladd

#although #always #any #food #funny

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. ↗

— Les Brown

#accomplish #develop #hunger #our dreams #responsibility

Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#announce #any #beast #come #come running

Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion. ↗

— Burt Lancaster

#feeling #gut #hunger #longer #out