Empty Quotes

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Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who… — Henri Nouwen
I am the middle sister. The one in between. Not oldest, not youngest, not boldest, not nicest. I am the shade of gray, the glass… — Sarah Dessen
Too much FANTASY loses REALITY, too much HOPE may seem somehow EMPTY. — Akira Toriyama
He thought that it was loneliness which he was trying to escape and not himself. But the street ran on: catlike, one place was the… — William Faulkner
The impulse to paint comes neither from observation nor from the soul (which is probably blind) but from an encounter: the encounter between painter and… — John Berger
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
Let's get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story… — Stephen King
Eyes Tell Stories But do they know how to craft fiction? Do they know how to spin lies? His eyes swear forever, flatter with vows… — Ellen Hopkins
We are lost, lost,' said Gollum. 'No name, no business, no Precious, nothing. Only empty. Only hungry; yes, we are hungry. A few little fishes,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
...if you live feeling like Your glass is half empty, well, It may as well be empty all the way. — Mattie Stepanek
I wrote a huge number of letters that spring: one a week to Naoko, several to Reiko, and several more to Midori. I wrote letters… — Haruki Murakami
As I became a creature of the empty tunnels, survival became easier and more difficult all at once. I gained in the physical skills and… — R A Salvatore
It is almost impossible to describe happiness, because at the time it feels entirely natural, as if all the rest of your life has been… — Margaret George
He simply felt that if he could carry away the vision of the spot of earth she walked on, and the way the sky and… — Edith Wharton
One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I… — Alejandro Jodorowsky
What's prayer? It's shooting shafts into the dark. What mark they strike, if any, who's to say? It's reaching for a hand you cannot touch.… — Frederick Buechner
The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom. — Aimee Bender
I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted. — Jack Kerouac
Beneath this mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom. I am one of those whom suffering has made empty and frivilous: each… — Cyril Connolly
I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of mirrors and insects,… — Jonathan Safran Foer

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