Empty Hand

Famous quotes containing the words empty and/or hand:

“In the nineteenth century ... explanations of who and what women were focused primarily on reproductive events—marriage, children, the empty nest, menopause. You could explain what was happening in a woman’s life, it was believed, if you knew where she was in this reproductive cycle.”
—Grace Baruch (20th century)

“Great is the hand that holds dominion over
Man by a scribbled name.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)