Emptied Quotes
80 quotes by 76 authors
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I took her into bed with me and propped myself up with pillows against the headboard to let her nurse. As she nursed and the…
— Wendell Berry
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Winter broke off, finally, a long ash crumbling at the end of a cigarette, burned out, weak and emptied.
— Gregory Galloway
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To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them. Someday the sky would…
— Machado de Assis
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You know what my mum once said?’ said Rosie… ‘She said that if a just-married couple put a coin in a jar every time they…
— Neil Gaiman
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Many people have come and left, and it has been always good because they emptied some space for better people. It is a strange experience,…
— Rajneesh
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The cup was emptied and would never be filled again.
— Hermann Hesse
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Siddhartha has one single goal-to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow-to let the Self die. No longer to be…
— Hermann Hesse
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Yes, our eyes may perceive, yet they do not observe; they may believe, yet they do not question; they may receive yet they do not…
— Muriel Barbery
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We create the illusions we need to go on. And one day, when they no longer dazzle or comfort, we tear them down, brick by…
— Libba Bray
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Death straps me to the hospital bed, claws its way onto my chest and sits there.I didn't know it would hurt this much. I didn't…
— Jenny Downham
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She emptied herself of Fabio and of herself, of all the useless efforts she had made to get where she was and find nothing there.…
— Paolo Giordano
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I thought living dead girls couldn't feel pain, thought I was emptied out but I'm not, I'm not.
— Elizabeth Scott
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The fridge had been emptied of all Dudley’s favorite things — fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate bars and burgers — and filled instead with fruit…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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I do not tolerate a world emptied of you. I have tried. For a year I have called every black tree Marya Morevna; I have…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose:…
— Frank Herbert
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To wake up one morning and feel that I was a last a grown-up person, emptied of resentment, vengeful thoughts and other wasteful childish emotions.…
— Truman Capote
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Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but…
— Peter Kreeft
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You are so terribly nimble, so clever. I distrust your cleverness. You make a wonderful pattern, everything is in its place, it looks convincingly clear,…
— Anais Nin
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You need me, just whistle," he said as he arranged his ball cap over his eyes against the sun leaking through the frost-emptied branches. "You're…
— Kim Harrison
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How she still thought of Max every day and it was like someone had emptied her lungs of air, and she would catch at her…
— Cassandra Clare
Who Wrote These Emptied Quotes
76 authors contributed a total of 80 Emptied Quotes, led by these top contributors: