Empty Quotes

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He had no money and no home; he lived entirely on the road of the racing circuit, sleeping in empty stalls, carrying with him only… — Laura Hillenbrand
A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great… — Mother Teresa
You changed the subject." "From what?" "The empty-headed girls who think you're sexy." "You know." "Know what?" "That I only have eyes for you." Laila… — Khaled Hosseini
A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world. — Louise Brooks
Most people are blind to magic. They move thru a blank and empty world. They’re bored with their lives and there’s nothing they can do… — Lev Grossman
You ignorant little slug!" the Trunchbull bellowed. "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue! — Roald Dahl
I’m erased. I’m gone. I’m nothing. And then the world is free to flow into me like water into an empty bowl…. And… I see.… — Jerry Spinelli
Our house is like an empty cigarette packet, lying around reminding you what's not in it. — Barbara Kingsolver
All my life I have arrived early only to find myself standing self-consciously on a corner, outside a door, in an empty room, but the… — Nicole Krauss
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly… — Terry Pratchett
I had risked everything, and I had nothing to show for it but my open hand, lying empty and palm up toward the ceiling. — Maggie Stiefvater
If you have no past or no future, which, after all, is all that the present is made of, why then you may as well… — Sylvia Plath
I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals… — Albert Einstein
We are very cruelly trapped between what we would like to be and what we actually are. And we cannot possibly become what we would… — James A. Baldwin
How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty. — Eric Hoffer
You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he went on. “One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The kitchen was just as empty, even the refrigerator gone, the chairs, the table--the kitchen cabinets stood open, their bare shelves reminder her of a… — Cassandra Clare
He was sound asleep, his long legs stretched out in front of him, the blessed fire blazing, an empty bottle of wine by his side.… — Anne Stuart
I will not eat cakes or cookies or food. I will be thin, thin, pure. I will be pure and empty. Weight dropping off. Ninety-nine...… — Francesca Lia Block
I've always had a way with the little people, making it a point to humor them without looking down my nose at their wasted empty… — David Sedaris
Addie, please." More tears dripped down her cheeks. "Don't be so hard." "Oh, please," I muttered...and that was as far as I got. 'You broke… — Jennifer Weiner
There is nothing for it but for all of us to invent our own ideal libraries of classics. I would say that such a library… — Italo Calvino
There is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full. — Martin Heidegger
At times I believed that the last page of my book and the last page of my life were one and the same, that when… — Nicole Krauss
Crying was an acceptable outlet, even if it made you feel raw and empty inside, it was still better than that build up of resentment… — Dorothy Koomson

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