Empty Quotes

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She pulled the bedclothes up as far as they would go and suppressed a perverse wish to have her old nurse come to chase away… — Megan Whalen Turner
Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never… — Jennifer Weiner
Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them… — Stephen King
That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons… — Ray Bradbury
Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us...… — Joss Whedon
In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long. — Alberto Manguel
Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in… — Stephen Colbert
My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the… — Anne Fadiman
Faris turned on him. "Why choose to wear black today, of all days? I know why I'm in black. Why are you? Mourning? He looked… — Caroline Stevermer
Death doesn't make you sad- it makes you empty. That's what's so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and funny habits fall… — Jonathan Carroll
I've lived to bury my desires and see my dreams corrode with rust now all that's left are fruitless fires that burn my empty heart… — Alexander Pushkin
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. — Leo Tolstoy
Our conversations are never easy, but as I-we-get older, we are finding that our conversations must bespoken. A need burns inside us to share with… — Douglas Coupland
I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god is as empty as his church. His followers choose to… — John Connolly
But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences. — Charles Spurgeon
Wimsey stooped for an empty sardine-tin which lay, horribly battered, at his feet, and slung it idly into the quag. It struck the surface with… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Quotes about Life Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of… — Walter Scott

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