Quote by Ousmane Sembène

“I can only conclude that worse than hunger or thirst, worse than being unemployed, unhappy in love or defeated and in despair, far worse…

— Paulo Coelho

“We live by our labors from one harvest to the next, there is no certain telling whether we shall be able to feed ourselves…

— Kamala Markandaya

“Misfortune is liable to make me a damn bad man”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“the worst misfortune isn’t only misfortune”

— Marilynne Robinson

“The most awful hunger is the type that is satisfied too soon, before it moves you, before you are moved by it, before it…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

“As those who have learned to rule their own mind will attest, misfortune is a state of mind long before it becomes a miserable…

— Guy Finley

“Hunger precipitated despair.”

— F. Sionil José

“A person's needs are met, and his appetite subsides. A person's wants are met, and his thirst swells greedily without end.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Every misfortune is a fortune.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Gradually, I came to accept hunger as a constant companion. But this new hunger was different. It filled me with hatred, confusion, helplessness, hopelessness,…

— Mark Mathabane

“It's hard not to feel guilty when starving people bring you food.”

— Liesl Shurtliff

“It's the hunger; the hunger for an alternative and the refusal to accept a life of unhappiness...”

— Todd Field