Larisa

“Along with all those who left their countries for other shores, I belong in neither land. We are unmoored and disconnected, like these poplar seeds blown into the crevices of the buildings, into the corners of the world.”
― Elena Gorokhova, Russian Tattoo: A Memoir

“Stop comparing yourself to others. When you compare yourself to others, and are being critical about yourself, this is never constructive. When you compare yourself to others, it is a battle you will never win. The greatness you seek is in understanding that you will never be anyone else, and no one else will ever be you.”
― Lolly Daskal, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness

“Former U.S. senator Alan K. Simpson once said, “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”4”
― Lolly Daskal, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness

“What could be put up against the noise of time? Only that music which is inside ourselves - the music of our being - which is transformed by some into real music. Which, over the decades, if it is string and true and pure enough to drown out the noise of time, is transformed into the whisper of history.”
― Julian Barnes