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Quotes About Sustenance

Freedom from obsession is not about something you do; it's about knowing who you are. It's about recognizing what sustains you and what exhausts you. What you love and what you think you love because you believe you can't have it. (p. 163)
~ Geneen Roth
No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
~ George Eliot
Who loves — lives, who lives - works, and who works has some bread.
~ Irving Stone
Pan, circo y algo que venerar, es todo lo que necesitan.
~ Isabel Allende
Worries go down better with soup than without.
~ Jewish proverb
Man doth not live by bread only.
~ Bible
Give us this day our daily bread.
~ Bible
Bread is the staff of life.
~ Jonathan Swift
If you ask the hungry man how much is two and two, he replies four loaves.
~ Hindu proverb
As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.
~ Nicolas Malebranche
God wants to be praised for nourishing and cherishing, for He cherishes all creatures. He is not only the Creator, but He is also the Sustainer and Nourisher.
~ Martin Luther
is a poor substitute for food to a child with an empty belly.
~ Susan Kay
Katniss. I remember about the bread.
~ Suzanne Collins
What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to rill in and die for their entertainment?
~ Suzanne Collins
This was the door to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.
~ Suzanne Collins
Our rocky ledge overlooking the valley. Perhaps a little less green than usual, but the blackberry bushes hang heavy with fruit. Here began countless days of hunting and snaring, fishing and gathering, roaming together through the woods, unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.
~ Suzanne Collins
Here began countless days of hunting and snaring, fishing and gathering, roaming together through the woods, unloading our thoughts while we filled our game bags. This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.
~ Suzanne Collins
Small, bluish tubers that don't look like much but boiled or baked are as good as any patato. 'Katniss,' I said aloud. It's the plant I was named for. And I heard my father's voice joking, 'As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve.
~ Suzanne Collins
Whatever the truth is, I don't see how it will help me get food on the table.
~ Suzanne Collins
Lunch makes me feel a bit better.
~ Suzanne Collins
These arrows are food, safety, and life itself now.
~ Suzanne Collins
Mientras puedas encontrarte, no te morirás de hambre».
~ Suzanne Collins
Small, bluish tubers that don't look like much but boiled or baked are as good as any potato. "Katniss," I said aloud. It's the plant I was named for. And I heard my father's voice joking, "As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve.
~ Suzanne Collins
What must it be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button? How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? What do they do all day, these people in the Capitol, besides decorating their bodies and waiting around for a new shipment of tributes to roll in and die for their entertainment?
~ Suzanne Collins