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2485 Empty quotes by 1617 unique authors

I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and… — George R. R. Martin
I'm pleased to see that the cab is cluttered with cough drop wrappers and empty milk bottles and bits of mud-smeared newspapers made brittle by… — Maggie Stiefvater
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future. — Epicurus
I don't like self-righteous people," I say. "What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles. — Suzanne Collins
Abby must have been the one who found the safe house, because Townsend didn't like it. "The building across the street is under construction," he… — Ally Carter
You stand for nothing. You respect nobody. The music you dance to is devoid of beauty, its lyrics empty of humor or cleverness. — David Klass
I would rather be dead than empty — Veronica Roth
She'd cried over a broken heart before. She knew what that felt like, and it didn't feel like this. Her heart felt not so much… — Ann Brashares
I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would… — Joe Dunthorne
He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t… — Frank McCourt
What’s going on?” Royce asked as throngs of people suddenly moved toward him from the field and the castle interior. “I mentioned that you saw… — Michael J. Sullivan
Only now do I understand the war against boredom, the lost cause of empty hours, of empty days and nights. — Jonathan Safran Foer
We are chained hand and foot by protocol, enslaved to a static, empty world where men and women can’t read, where the scientific advances of… — Catherine Fisher
Every time you empty your vessel of that energy, fresh new energy comes flooding in. — Anthony Kiedis
This doesn't mean you're getting a discount." Audrey heaved a mock sigh. "Oh well. I guess I'll have to ply you with sexual favors, then."… — Ilona Andrews
I didn't feel empty. I wished I'd felt empty. ... I wanted to be empty like an overturned pitcher. But I was full like a… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I have a sort of empty feeling; nothing in the world seems of sufficient importance to be worth the doing. — Bram Stoker
It's too early for there to be any coffee. I stare dully at the empty pot in the common room, while Sam picks up a… — Holly Black
In mourning it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia it is the ego itself. — Sigmund Freud
Life and stories are alike in one way: They are full of hollows. The king and queen have no children: They have a child hollow.… — Franny Billingsley
I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal god who set… — Neil Gaiman
She said, "You're a warrior. So how do you kill without rage?" "In compassion. Because of necessity." Hrahima set the empty water bowl back in… — Elizabeth Bear
Empty?! You took all the cookies!" "They were crying to get out of the jar... Cookies get claustrophobia too, you know! — Charles M. Schulz
Ideas were growing in all directions and dimensions; they were becoming a sculpture, or a castle. And then everyone left her, to return to their… — Kristin Cashore
Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her… — Edith Wharton

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