“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air...but only for one second without hope.”

“A Man can Live two Weeks without Food,go two days without Water,and two minutes without Air,and apparently,an entire lifetime without a BRAIN.”

“Any healthy man can go without food for two days--but not without poetry.”

“In this modern day and age America`s newest slogan is: Mom, apple pie and high-speed Internet. They say you can live two weeks without food, a day or so without water but take someone`s smart phone away, and that person won`t last five minutes.” - Will Roberts”

“And the second as an old man might say it about the weather; not without sincerity but certainly without fervour.”

“I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.”