“I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.”

“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”

“The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.”

“He thought, or said, or sang, I did not know that I was so empty, to be so full.”

“I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands.""They're not empty now.”

“Did she make you laugh? Did she love you as much as you loved her? Did she protect you and warm you and keep you from suffering? Valentine turned her eyes away from him, unable to face the empty answer in his face but not wanting to stop saying what she had thought for so long. "I saw how fascinating her mystery was to you. For my part, I think that the mystery is always greatest where there is the most-emptiness. A person full of life is never mysterious, on the contrary.”