Empty

Famous quotes containing the word empty:

“O I am miserable:
You cherished me, my mother,
But even you desert me.
I am sent to an empty place.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“The water never formed to mind or voice,
Like a body wholly body, fluttering
Its empty sleeves; and yet its mimic motion
Made constant cry,”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

“Moving, you roll down the garment,
down that pink snapper and hoarder,
as your belly, soft as pudding,
slops into the empty space....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)