#hunger

She waited for him with shallow breaths, head thrown back, eyes half closed, completely exposed in her trust of him, and it unravelled the last thread holding him together. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#couple #desire #exposed #exposing #hunger

If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great. ↗

— John Piper

#hunger #strong

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. ↗

— Les Brown

#accomplish #develop #hunger #our dreams #responsibility

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#could #deal #great #great deal #grew

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#both #control #detectors #forks #good

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#alert #banish #cats #complaisance #discriminating

People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole. ↗

— Jennifer Connelly

#external #feel #feeling #having #hunger

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#being #desperation #fresh #hunger #memory

During the day I force myself to at least eat some salads rather than rubbish, and a steak in the evening. In fact, I eat to basically satisfy my hunger. I hardly have the time to appreciate a meal, and I'm everything, but a gourmet. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#basically #day #during #eat #evening

When the average American says, “I’m starving,” it is a prelude to a midnight raid on a well-stocked refrigerator or a sudden trip to the nearest fast food restaurant. ↗

— Carolyn Custis James

#food #hunger #starving #food