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title: "3 Emptiness Place Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Emptiness Place quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Emptiness Place sayings and thoughts."
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> [In an utter emptiness anything can take place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cage/in-an-utter-emptiness-anything-can-take-place/)

[John Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/john-cage-2094_emptiness_in-an-utter-emptiness-anything-can-take_857954.png)

> [“There is a dreadful emptiness in the spiritual fatherhood. No power, no success, no popularity, no easy satisfaction. But that same dreadful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-j-m-nouwen/there-is-a-dreadful-emptiness-in-the-spiritual-fatherhood-no-power-no/)

[Henri J.M. Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-j-m-nouwen/)

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> [“I am afraid of waking up to emptiness, to a place where my friends and family are gone and I am nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-aveyard/i-am-afraid-of-waking-up-to-emptiness-to-a-place-where-my-friends-and/)

[Victoria Aveyard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-aveyard/)

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