He was hungry. IN 2014, in the richest country on earth, he wanted a little extra to eat but felt uncomfortable asking. Lord help us.

She wasn't hungry, so she said. A salad and a cup of tea
Was all she felt that she could eat, but it was different
with me.
"I'm rather hungry," I replied: "if you don't mind, I think
I'll take
Some oysters to begin with and a good old-fashioned
sirloin steak."<p>Now wives are curious in this; to make the statement blunt
and straight,
There's nothing tempts their appetites like food upon
another's plate;
And when those oysters six appeared she looked at them
and said to me,
"Just let me try one, will you, dear?" and right away she
swallowed three.

"Of course." He picked up the brown bag of candy on the table. "What's your . . ." He trailed off as he weighed the bag in his hands. "Didn't I give you three pounds of candy?"
She smiled impishly.
"You ate half the bag!"
"Was I supposed to save it?"
"I would have liked some!"
"You never told me that."
"Because I didn't expect you to consume all of it before breakfast!"
She snatched the bag from him and put it on the table. "Well, that just shows poor judgement on your part, doesn't it?"

"There's a capacity for apetite," Samuel said, "that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy"

“Summon up a supper,” he said. “Oh, I could. On golden plates, if you like. But that’s illusion, and when you eat illusions you end up hungrier than before.”

Si yo tuviera hambre, no pediría un pan. Pediría medio pan y un libro.

I'll want to hear,' Samuel said. 'I eat stories like grapes.

Señor, yo soy demasiado pequeña para dar de comer a tus hijas. Si tú quieres darle a cada una, por medio de mí, lo que necesita, llena tú mi mano; y entonces, sin separarme de tus brazos y sin volver siquiera la cabeza, yo entregaré tus tesoros al alma que venga a pedirme su alimento. Si lo encuentra de su gusto, sabré que no me lo debe a mí, sino a ti; si, por el contrario, se queja y encuentra amargo lo que le ofrezco, no perderé la paz, intentaré convencerla de que ese alimento viene de ti y me guardaré muy bien de buscarle otro.

I had as much desire to eat with him as I had to hang myself.

Why can't I just eat my waffle?

'Pick it oop' said the Sergeant, abrupt-like, but cool, But Sam with the shake of his head, Being that thou knocked it out of me 'and, Let thou pick the thing up, instead

At a feast, taking the largest helping may be good for your appetite, but sharing generously is good for the spirit of the celebration. In this case, honoring your hosts and fellow guests should be valued above sating your hunger.

Grandmother says when I pass her the cake:
"Just half of that, please."
If I serve her the tenderest portion of steak:
"Just half of that, please."
And be the dessert a rice pudding or pie,
As I pass Grandma's share she is sure to reply,
With the trace of a twinkle to light up her eye:
"Just half of that, please."

If you get hungry enough, they say, you start eating your own heart.