Hollow

Famous quotes containing the word hollow:

“This house was but a slight departure from the hollow tree, which the bear still inhabits,—being a hollow made with trees piled up, with a coating of bark like its original.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

“Ceremony was but devised at first
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere ‘tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)