Cannibalism Quote by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“What he ate did not so much relieve his hunger, as keep it immortal in him.”

— Herman Melville

“No words are adequate for the suffering caused by hunger. To this day I have to show hunger that I escaped his grasp. Ever…

— Herta Müller

“Many a survivor of a plane crash who is or was against cannibalism and had never eaten human flesh once found themselves in a…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“On these occasions I read quickly, voraciously, almost skimming, trying to get as much into my head as possible before the next long starvation.…

— Margaret Atwood

“The end of starvation is quite delicious.”

— Lisa Renee Jones

“The skeleton was as happy as a madman whose straightjacket had been taken off. He felt liberated at being able to walk without flesh.…

— Leonora Carrington

“My hunger was an angry, living thing, clawing and howling along the insides of my skin”

— C.J. Roberts

“There’s no more glorious appetite on this planet than that of the person who eats the food he grows and kills and catches. After”

— Richard Horan

“  Stayes not on Man; to God his Tower intends   Siege and defiance: Wretched man! what food   Will he convey up thither to sustain   Himself…

— John Milton

“As a hungry man makes haste and takes large morsels on account of his great hunger so your servant feels a great desire to…

— Raymond Lulle

“It is said that real human nature reveals itself under extreme conditions. As I starved in prison, I realizes that eating was one of…

— Andy Raskin

“They were his environment, these men, and they were moulding the clay of him into a more ferocious thing than had been intended by…

— Jack London