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> [Man needs bread and hyacinths: one to feed the body, and one to feed the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/man-needs-bread-and-hyacinths-one-to-feed-the-body-and-one-to-feed/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ef/sharon-creech-8614_body_man-needs-bread-and-hyacinths-one-to-fee_43105.jpg)

> [“With her science-based food guide looking like it had just been rearranged by Picasso, Light was horrified. She predicted—in fervent protests to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-minger/with-her-science-based-food-guide-looking-like-it-had-just-been/)

[Denise Minger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-minger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/denise-minger-57956_ball-player_with-her-science-based-food-guide-lookin_674593.jpg)

> [The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/the-need-of-the-immaterial-is-the-most-deeply-rooted-of-all-needs-one/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d10/victor-hugo-32_bread_the-need-of-the-immaterial-is-the-most-d_1767401.jpg)

> [“Reading and knowledge feed the soul, but a man still needs bread… and here I am, caught between both. Yonan -”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hany-elframawy/reading-and-knowledge-feed-the-soul-but-a-man-still-needs-bread-and/)

[Hany Elframawy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hany-elframawy/)

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> [You are right that a man needs light like he needs bread, but a man needs a little darkness, too, if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ned-beauman/you-are-right-that-a-man-needs-light-like-he-needs-bread-but-a-man/)

[Ned Beauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ned-beauman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/ned-beauman-15688_bread_you-are-right-that-a-man-needs-light-lik_2306568.png)

> [We know that the body needs bread, therefore we seek for bread for it: so must we seek for the food of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lancelot-andrewes/we-know-that-the-body-needs-bread-therefore-we-seek-for-bread-for-it/)

[Lancelot Andrewes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lancelot-andrewes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5f/lancelot-andrewes-24110_body_we-know-that-the-body-needs-bread-theref_2352294.jpg)

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