Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Enduring pain is preferable to the emptiness of starving for love when love demands too high a price.
- In plain terms
- Pain hurts, but going without love works if love costs too much.
- What can you take from it?
- Self-starvation may feel safer than costly love.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is this love worth the price?
- What hurts more?
Another view
Starving does not actually work; it harms health.
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