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)

“Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death—what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless who is cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“to-morrow it seem
Like the empty words of a dream
Remembered on waking.”
—Robert Bridges (1844–1930)