Quotes by Hollowness Is there not a terrible hollowness, mockery, want, craving, in that existence which is given away to others, for want of something of your own to bestow it on? Charlotte Bronte hollowness given want What i literally cannot describe is the hollowness in my lungs when i am out of her presence. It is as if i were dying from the want of her. Jed Rubenfeld hollowness dying want There's a hollowness to civilized life. It doesn't appeal to people, and some people react with extreme violence. John Zerzan hollowness violence people Moralists love to discourse on the hollowness of success; about the hollowness of failure they are silent. Mason Cooley hollowness silent success I think you can tell, when you meet someone, whether they read novels or not. There is some little hollowness if they don't. Philip Hensher hollowness novel thinking