--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again…" description: "\"Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said aloud: 'As God is my witness, and God is my witness, the Yankees aren't going to lick me. I'm goi..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/margaret-mitchell-692_empty_hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again_1004681.jpg" --- # Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said… ![“Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said aloud: 'As God is my witness, and God is my witness, the Yankees aren't going to lick me. I'm going to live through this, and when it's over, I'm never going to be hungry again. No, nor any of my folks. If I have to steal or kill - as God is my…” quote by Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/margaret-mitchell-692_empty_hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again_1004681.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/margaret-mitchell-692_empty_hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again_1004681.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/margaret-mitchell-692_empty_hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again_1004681.jpg) > “Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said aloud: 'As God is my witness, and God is my witness, the Yankees aren't going to lick me. I'm going to live through this, and when it's over, I'm never going to be hungry again. No, nor any of my folks. If I have to steal or kill - as God is my witness, I'm never going to be hungry again.” [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A desperate person vows never to suffer hunger again, even if it means extreme actions, driven by faith and resolve. **In simple terms:** She promises to end hunger at any cost. Key Takeaway Commit to overcoming scarcity. Themes survival determination faith poverty Mood desperate determined Type narrative dramatic When to use this quote - war - economic hardship - personal crisis - ethical decision Key Concepts existential resolve ethical dilemma Questions to Reflect On - What limits should be set on survival actions? - How does faith influence extreme decisions? A Different Perspective The vow may justify harmful choices. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Empty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empty/) [Empty stomach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empty-stomach/) [Folks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folks/) [Going Hungry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-hungry-630937/) [Hunger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hunger/) [Hunger Gnawed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hunger-gnawed-2143514/) [Hungry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hungry/) [Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/) [Stealing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stealing/) [Stomach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stomach/) [Stomach Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stomach-said-2143515/) [Witness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/witness/) [Yankees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/yankees/) ## Related quotes > [“Throughout the South for fifty years there would be bitter-eyed women who looked backward, to dead times, to dead men, evoking memories that hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/throughout-the-south-for-fifty-years-there-would-be-bitter-eyed-women/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [“I asked Wufu, “Do you know where your stomach is?” “No,” he said. “That’s good.” “Why is that good?” “It means it’s doing its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jia-pingwa/i-asked-wufu-do-you-know-where-your-stomach-is-no-he-said-that-s-good/) [Jia Pingwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jia-pingwa/) > [A mortgaged home, an empty stomach and a ragged back know no party. We will live to write the epitaphs of the old parties:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-elizabeth-lease/a-mortgaged-home-an-empty-stomach-and-a-ragged-back-know-no-party-we/) [Mary Elizabeth Lease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-elizabeth-lease/) > [The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibrahim-babangida/the-work-of-nigeria-is-not-complete-for-as-long-as-there-is-any-one/) [Ibrahim Babangida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibrahim-babangida/) > [Nobuddy ever listened t' reason on a empty stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kin-hubbard/nobuddy-ever-listened-t-reason-on-a-empty-stomach/) [Kin Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kin-hubbard/) > [An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/an-empty-stomach-is-not-a-good-political-adviser/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [“I once swallowed my difference without water on an empty stomach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-once-swallowed-my-difference-without-water-on-an-empty-stomach/) [Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/) > [I have no intention of ending my career in a rooming house, with full scrapbooks and an empty stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carole-landis/i-have-no-intention-of-ending-my-career-in-a-rooming-house-with-full/) [Carole Landis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carole-landis/) > [An empty stomach is not a good political advisor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/an-empty-stomach-is-not-a-good-political-advisor/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [I will not listen to your verse on an empty stomach!" declared the Vicomte. "You have no soul," said Philippe sadly. "But I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgette-heyer/i-will-not-listen-to-your-verse-on-an-empty-stomach-declared-the/) [Georgette Heyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgette-heyer/) > [No man can be wise on an empty stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/no-man-can-be-wise-on-an-empty-stomach/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) > [Except I think it feels more like an empty stomach than a broken heart. An aching hollowness that food can't cure. You know. You've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-laymon/except-i-think-it-feels-more-like-an-empty-stomach-than-a-broken/) [Richard Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-laymon/) > [Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hodgkinson/sensible-people-advise-against-drinking-on-an-empty-stomach-but-to-my/) [Tom Hodgkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hodgkinson/) > [No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/no-man-can-be-a-patriot-on-an-empty-stomach/) [William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/) > [I perform so much better on an empty stomach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-miller/i-perform-so-much-better-on-an-empty-stomach/) [Jim Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-miller/) ## More by Margaret Mitchell > [I won't think of it now. I can't stand it now. I'll think of it later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/i-won-t-think-of-it-now-i-can-t-stand-it-now-i-ll-think-of-it-later/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [“I don't want any money for it," he said. "It's a gift." Scarlett's mouth dropped open. The line was so closely, so carefully drawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/i-don-t-want-any-money-for-it-he-said-it-s-a-gift-scarlett-s-mouth/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [Until you lose your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/until-you-lose-your-reputation-you-never-realize-what-a-burden-it-was/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/and-apologies-once-postponed-become-harder-and-harder-to-make-and/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [“There was a glow of grim pride in her usually gentle face, approbation and a fierce joy in her smile that equaled the fiery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/there-was-a-glow-of-grim-pride-in-her-usually-gentle-face-approbation/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [Her lips on his could tell him better than all her stumbling words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/her-lips-on-his-could-tell-him-better-than-all-her-stumbling-words/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about himself, and then gradually lead the conversation around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/the-way-to-get-a-man-interested-and-to-hold-his-interest-was-to-talk/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/she-was-as-forthright-and-simple-as-the-winds-that-blew-over-tara-and/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [“The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/the-very-mystery-of-him-excited-her-curiosity-like-a-door-that-had/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [“He had never once crossed the borders of friendliness with her and, when she thought of this, fresh anger rose, the anger of hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/he-had-never-once-crossed-the-borders-of-friendliness-with-her-and/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [“The husband is always the last to find out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/the-husband-is-always-the-last-to-find-out/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [People must do what they must do. We all don't think alike or act alike and it's wrong to-to judge others by ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/people-must-do-what-they-must-do-we-all-don-t-think-alike-or-act/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [All you have done is to be different from other women and you have made a little success of it. This is unforgivable sin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/all-you-have-done-is-to-be-different-from-other-women-and-you-have/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [“She felt puzzled and ashamed, as always when people attributed to her emotions and motives they possessed and thought she shared.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/she-felt-puzzled-and-ashamed-as-always-when-people-attributed-to-her/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) > [“I do not want to marry you or anyone else. I am not a marrying man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/i-do-not-want-to-marry-you-or-anyone-else-i-am-not-a-marrying-man/) [Margaret Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) [Explore all 391 Margaret Mitchell quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/) ## More Empty quotes > [How could anybody confuse truth with beauty, I thought as I looked at him. Truth came with sunken eyes, bony or scarred, decayed. Its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fitch/how-could-anybody-confuse-truth-with-beauty-i-thought-as-i-looked-at/) [Janet Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fitch/) > [In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aris-willmott/in-literature-and-art-memory-is-a-synonym-for-invention-it-is-the/) [Robert Aris Willmott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aris-willmott/) > [The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-alexis/the-biggest-change-for-me-as-a-mom-was-realizing-i-needed-to-put/) [Kim Alexis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-alexis/) > [Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hagee/let-me-tell-you-that-atheism-has-never-painted-a-masterpiece-atheism/) [John Hagee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hagee/) > [No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-smith/no-sane-local-official-who-has-hung-up-an-empty-stocking-over-the/) [Al Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-smith/) > [Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesare-pavese/dawn-s-faint-breath-breathes-with-your-mouth-at-the-ends-of-empty/) [Cesare Pavese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesare-pavese/) > [“Joe!” he groaned, attempting to speak clearly. “Joe! Good ol’ Joe!” “Captain, you’re drunk!” Lofflin said, stating the obvious while trying to keep his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-engela/joe-he-groaned-attempting-to-speak-clearly-joe-good-ol-joe-captain/) [Christina Engela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-engela/) > [Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamgon-kongtrul/why-chase-after-thoughts-which-are-superficial-ripples-of-present/) [Jamgon Kongtrul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamgon-kongtrul/) > [Education turns an empty mind into an open mind. It turns information into behavioural transformation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shiv-khera/education-turns-an-empty-mind-into-an-open-mind-it-turns-information/) [Shiv Khera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shiv-khera/) > [He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/he-that-humbles-himself-shall-be-preserved-entire-he-that-bends-shall/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anagarika-govinda/our-real-nature-is-not-our-imaginary-limited-ego-our-true-nature-is/) [Anagarika Govinda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anagarika-govinda/) > [Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/adults-look-upon-a-child-as-something-empty-that-is-to-be-filled/) [Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/) > [Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wollstonecraft/man-preys-on-man-and-you-mourn-for-the-idle-tapestry-that-decorated-a/) [Mary Wollstonecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wollstonecraft/) > [I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cavett/i-don-t-see-the-future-as-bright-language-wise-i-see-it-as-a-glass/) [Dick Cavett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cavett/) > [I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-get-letters-every-year-from-women-who-think-valentine-s-day-is-an/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Browse all 3,081 Empty quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/empty/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said aloud: 'As God is my witness, and God is my witness, the Yankees aren't going to lick me. I'm going to live through this, and when it's over, I'm never going to be hungry again. No, nor any of my folks. If I have to steal or kill - as God is my witness, I'm never going to be hungry again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret Mitchell" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again-and-she-said-aloud-as-god-is/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Empty" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again-and-she-said-aloud-as-god-is/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/margaret-mitchell-692_empty_hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again_1004681.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/margaret-mitchell-692_empty_hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again_1004681.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/margaret-mitchell-692_empty_hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again_1004681.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said aloud: 'As God is my witness, and God is my witness…” — Margaret Mitchell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Margaret Mitchell", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mitchell/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again-and-she-said-aloud-as-god-is/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mitchell/hunger-gnawed-at-her-empty-stomach-again-and-she-said-aloud-as-god-is/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```