“I think the moral is supposed to be that you fill the hollow with God. And that everything else is a distraction.” “Hmph. Is your hollow filled with God, then?” she asked. “Oh, no,” Cyrus said quickly. “Or mostly never. Maybe a couple times in my life. I think I’ve tried to fill it with booze, with drugs. Maybe with writing. But obviously, none have really worked out very well.” “Never love? That seems like the big one.”