Versum Quotes & Sayings

When he was 19, Mick Jagger said, "what a drag it is getting old... (Mother's little Helper) — The Stones

I understand the phrase "Honor the Women" all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers to honor another. — Franz Grillparzer

Indignation leads to the making of poetry.
[Lat., Facit indignatio versum.] — Juvenal

You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel! — Maya Angelou

We will survive. I promise. — James Dashner

I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people. — Orson Scott Card

We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, And a man with his back to the East. — Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

As a reader, you're often inside one or more character heads, so you know what they're feeling, even if they can't exactly say it, or they say it so obliquely that the other characters don't catch it. Readers are frequently reminded of the gulf between what people say and what they mean, and such moments prod us to become more attuned to gesture, tone, and language. — Will Schwalbe

First ambitions are best. We are less brave later. — Andrew Miller

I can't stop loving you. If I do that, what will be left of me? — Cari Quinn