“Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it.” MenYearsPersonsLongReasonCertainCausesWalksPracticeCrazyPrideColdHabitTruth IsEmptyMadFleshDawnSpiteStatisticsOld ManStomachBathsRipeRobustSturdyHeartyLong WalksEmpty Stomach Book:The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“I just looked at her, feeling utterly empty. I didn't know what I was supposed to say to her. My life is in that bed. Please let me stay.” KnowsLongFeelingsLife IsLossGriefBrokenPleaseBedEmptyLet MeDistanceLong DistanceDistance RelationshipLong Distance RelationshipLong Distant Relationship Book:Linger Source: Linger
“I think I get used to, even addicted to, the feelings associated with the end of a long training run. I love feeling empty, clean, worn out, starving, and sweat-purged. I love the good ache of muscles that have done me proud. I love the way a cold beer tastes later that afternoon. I love the way my body feels light and sinewy.” ThinkingWayFeelsLongEndsDoneFeelingsBodyLightRunningUsedColdProudTasteTrainingEmptyCleanBeerMusclesSweatAfternoonWornAcheStarvingInspirational RunningWorn OutLove FeelingCold BeerFeeling Empty Author:Kristin Armstrong
“He who sups with the devil had better have a long spoon. The devilry of modernity has its own magic: The [believer] who sups with it will find his spoon getting shorter and shorter--until that last supper in which he is left alone at the table, with no spoon at all and with an empty plate. The devil, one may guess, will by then have gone away to more interesting company.” MayLongLastsLeftInterestingCompanyGoneMagicDevilEmptyTablesBelieverPlatesModernitySpoonsLeft AloneSupperGone AwayLast Supper Author:Peter L. Berger