“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.”

“Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.”

Alphonse de Lamartine L'Isolement

“To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.”

Pablo Casals (1876–1973) Catalan cellist and conductor

“Void is when there is absolutely nothing there and the nothing is natural, a complete vacuum. But empty - with empty, you are aware of what's supposed to be there. Empty means something is missing.”

David Levithan book Every You, Every Me

“My point is: in this whole wide world the only person you can depend on is you.”

Haruki Murakami book Kafka on the Shore

“Every single person in America was talking about the sucker punch heard 'round the world. That whole 'Keep my wife’s name out of your mouth' didn’t really work out.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

“I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you're single among a room full of couples.”

Emily Giffin (1972) American writer

“Do you think everybody misses somebody? Like I miss my mama?” “Mmmm-hmmm,” said Gloria. She closed her eyes. “I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.”

Kate DiCamillo book Because of Winn-Dixie

“Audrey gave more than she ever got. The whole world is going to miss her.”

Steven Spielberg (1946) American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur

“The whole world's a bottle, And life's but a dram, When the bottle gets empty, It sure ain't worth a damn.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist