"The insignificant, the empty, is usually the loud; and after the manner of a drum, is louder even because of its emptiness."
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"Life is an empty dream."
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"The usefulness of a pot comes from its emptiness."
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"I been through living for years. I just ain't dead yet."
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"A great deal of learning can be packed into an empty head."
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"It's only through form that we can realize emptiness"
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"In an utter emptiness anything can take place."
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"This was the truth at the core of my existence: this yawning emptiness, scantily clad in rage. It had been there all along."
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"There is something more important than the place being left. It's that swell of crushing emptiness that makes the insignificant seem anything but."
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