“The music left only this bad hurt in her, and a blankness. She could not remember any of the symphony, not even the last few notes. She tried to remember, but no sound at all came to her. Now that it was over there was only her heart like a rabbit and this terrible hurt.” HeartLastsRememberLeftSoundHurtTerribleNotesEmptinessRabbitsDetachmentSymphonyNumbnessBlankness Book:The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Source: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
“It may sound surprising when I say, on the basis of my own clinical practice as well as that of my psychological and psychiatric colleagues, that the chief problem of people in the middle decade of the twentieth century is emptiness.” PeopleWellsMayProblemSoundMy OwnPracticeMiddleCenturyBasesDecadesPsychologicalChiefsEmptinessSurprisingColleaguesTwentieth CenturyClinicalsPsychiatric Book:Man's Search for Himself Source: Man's Search for Himself