Empty

Famous quotes containing the word empty:

    “There’s only one way for an individual to remain upright, not to fall to pieces, not to sink into the mire of self-oblivion ... or self-contempt. That’s calmly to turn away from everything, to say, “Enough!” and, folding one’s useless arms across one’s empty breast, to retain the ultimate, the sole attainable virtue, the virtue of recognizing one’s own insignificance.”
    —Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)

    “There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home.
    It has no windows, and the door swings,
    Dry bones can harm no one.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “In the eighth, Hermanski smashed a drive to the scoreboard. Henrich backed against the board and leaped either four or fourteen feet into the air. He stayed aloft so long he looked like an empty uniform hanging in its locker. When he came down he had the ball.”
    —Walter Wellesley (Red)