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And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he… — Charles Dickens
I didn't know the inner me was hungry," I said to Art. "That's because it already starved to death. — Joe Hill
...for most people in the [Jewish] Ghetto [of Warsaw] nature lived only in memory -- no parks, birds, or greenery existed in the Ghetto --… — Diane Ackerman
To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
For we each of us deserve everything, every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead kings, and we each of us… — Ursula K. Le Guin
When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth… — Mark Twain
The man who was once starved may revenge himself upon the world not by stealing just once, or by stealing only what he needs, but… — Anais Nin
Comic books, movies, radio programmes centered their entertainment around the fact of torture. With the clearest of consciences, with a patriotic intensity, children dreamed, talked,… — Leonard Cohen
To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast. — Max Lucado
X. I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; They cried—“La Belle Dame sans Merci Hath thee in thrall!” XI.… — John Keats
The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There… — Bertolt Brecht
She realized that being starved for words was the same as being starved for food, because both left a hollow place inside you, a place… — Ron Rash
I am angry that I starved my brain and that I sat shivering in my bed at night instead of dancing or reading poetry or… — Laurie Halse Anderson
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. — C.S. Lewis
Maybe it's true that we are all descended from the restless, the nervous, the criminals, the arguers and brawlers, but also the brave and independent… — John Steinbeck
Wildness had never been a part of her life. Home, work, home, work. That's all her life had consisted of, really. She'd told Maddox that… — Gena Showalter
... women have their roots in the ground, and often those roots are starved and ravaged, yet there is not a human alive who cannot… — Og Mandino
Thus thought I, as by night I read Of the great army of the dead, The trenches cold and damp, The starved and frozen camp,--… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The millions of human beings who were shot, tortured, starved, treated like animals and made the object of a conspiracy of ridicule, can sleep in… — Raoul Vaneigem
Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware… — Elie Wiesel
I'm starved." -Juli "How can you be starved? You just ate a huge bowl of popcorn." -Elspeth "Popcorn isn't food, it's popcorn." -Vicki — Lynsay Sands
I'm starved for different light, a different sun,different sky. — Lauren Oliver
THAT crazed girl improvising her music. Her poetry, dancing upon the shore, Her soul in division from itself Climbing, falling She knew not where, Hiding… — William Butler Yeats
We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison. — J. B. Priestley
Sirius's gaunt face broke out into the first true smile Harry had seen upon it. The difference it made was startling, as though a person… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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