A La Verga Quotes & Sayings

But not you, O girl, nor yet his
mother,
stretched his eyebrows so fierce with
expectation.
Not for your mouth, you who hold him
now,
did his lips ripen into these fervent
contours.
Do you really think your quiet
footsteps
could have so convulsed him, you who
move like dawn wind?
True, you startled his heart; but older
terrors
rushed into him with that first jolt
to his emotions.
Call him . . . you'll never quite
retrieve him from those dark consorts.
Yes, he wants to, he escapes; relieved,
he makes a home
in your familiar heart, takes root
there and begins himself anew.
But did he ever begin himself? — Rainer Maria Rilke

I'm just another broken-souled person on this planet, waiting for time to pass. — Karina Halle

No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body. — Martha Graham

The world has raised its whip; where will it descend — Virginia Woolf

Leadership is the art of intentional living. — Farshad Asl

Great execution towards a terrible idea will get you nowhere. — Sam Altman

When I pull away, and he opens his eyes, I see everything about them, the dart of light blue in his left eye, the dark blue that makes me feel like I am safe inside it, like I am dreaming. — Veronica Roth

Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing. — Tobias Wolff