“Enough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full.”
“In my closet I have boxes and boxes of secrets. These boxes are all empty, and that’s how you know they’re filled with secrets.”
“I read trash. Empty cereal boxes, empty shampoo bottles, the bottoms of empty Kleenex boxes, and occasionally even a mystical self-help book.”
“For your birthday, I got you a box. Hooray! It’s empty, so you can fill it with whatever you want.”
“It was like having a box of chocolates shut in the bedroom drawer. Until the box was empty it occupied the mind too much.”
“In exchange for my silence, I want a box of quiet. Empty—and full. That’s also how I like my morning coffee at night.”