#hunger

We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith. ↗

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

#hunger #age

When you see a child starving and you think government failed. But I think God failed , could not even fill the hunger of a child. ↗

— John Art

#failed #god #goverment #hunger #starving

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

#empty #empty stomach #fear #fierce #hunger

I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace. ↗

— Criss Jami

#content #contentment #eating #enjoyment #faith

I see the kids and I feel like taking them all away to a safe place to hide until the war stops and the hunger stops and El Cua becomes strong enough to give them the care they deserve. ↗

— Ben Linder

#becomes #care #deserve #enough #feel

Here's some advice. Stay alive," says Haymitch, and then bursts out laughing. I exchange a look with Peeta before I remember that I'm having nothing more to do with him. I'm surprised to see the hardness in his eyes. He generally seems so mild. 'That's very funny,' says Peeta. Suddenly, he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. 'Only not to us.' Haymitch considers this a moment, then punches Peeta in the jaw, knocking him from his chair. When he turns back to reach for the spirits, I drive my knife into the table between his hand and the bottle, barely missing his fingers. I brace myself to deflect his hit, but it doesn't come. Instead, he sits back and squints at us. 'Well, what's this?' says Haymitch. 'Did I actually get a pair of fighters this year? ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#haymitch #the-hunger-games #funny

The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#life

When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. ↗

— Ingrid Newkirk

#boy #central #comes #dog #feel

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. ↗

— Joe Paterno

#good #honor #hunger #satisfy #success

No act of love is ever wasted. ↗