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Empty Quotes - Page 12

Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

Arthur Koestler (1981). “Kaleidoscope: essays from Drinkers of infinity, and The heel of Achilles and later pieces and stories”, Vintage

You're beautiful, but you're empty.... No one could die for you.

"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (Ch. XXI), 1943.

The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it were empty.

Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.27, Routledge

In a library, no empty shelf remains empty for long.

Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.66, Vintage Canada

Life has changed into a timeless succession of shocks, interspaced with empty, paralysed intervals.

Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.54, Verso

Every moment, the sunlight is totally empty and totally full.

Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.163, Penguin UK

Life's passed along to us empty. We have to make up the happiness part.

Richard Ford (2013). “Canada”, p.358, A&C Black