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Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
A fishmonger's wife may feed of a conger; but a serving-man's
wife may starve for hunger.
A fishmonger's wife may feed of a conger; but a serving-man's
wife may starve for hunger.
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
They that die by famine die by inches.
They that die by famine die by inches.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.
I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio read more
I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentum essa famem,
potionis sitim.]
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how read more
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.