Hollow

Famous quotes containing the word hollow:

“Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh. Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

“Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.”
—Nicholas Breton (c. 1545–1626)

“The cloakroom pegs are empty now,
And locked the classroom door,
The hollow desks are dimmed with dust....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)