Poignant Quote by Tiffanie DeBartolo

“It was hollow, my triumph, I could feel that, but I held on to it just the same.”

— Jamaica Kincaid

“How could a feeling that leaves you so hollow be a pain that is so sharp?”

— Miguel Syjuco

“I am a creature of grief and dust and utter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.”

— George R.R. Martin

“It felt terrific. It felt deeper and richer than laughter. It felt like opening a door and tumbling headfirst into a pile of feathers.”

— Leslea Tash

“An envy of that one consummate part Swept me, who mock. Whether I laugh or weep, Some inner silences are at my heart.”

— Leonie Adams

“But down deeper, something I'd seen as solid-- not perfect, but solid-- was suddenly crumbling. I felt like I was falling to pieces right…

— Sarah Dessen

“I felt hollowed out. My mom's death was not useful. I felt a shot of rage at her, and then imagined those last bloody…

— Gillian Flynn

“My head was emptying and emptying, and in the end it sat light and void on my shoulders. I percieved this gaping emptiness in…

— Knut Hamsun

“I tried to whip some feelings up but the inside of my chest was as hollow as an empty rubbish bin; totally, absolutely dried…

— Deborah Kay Davies

“The tears had washed me out, like an enema for the heart. I was hollow. Light.”

— Jo Furniss

“I had always thought that sorrow was the most exhausting of the emotions. Now I knew that it was anger.”

— Helen Garner

“And as I looked at him, I suddenly felt, for the very first time in my life, utterly, entirely alone. That something was gone…

— Jim Butcher