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When We Believed in Mermaids QUOTES

When We Believed in Mermaids QUOTES

1 " sinuous "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

2 " fish "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

3 " it’s not about comparison, as my counselor used to say. My pain is my pain. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

4 " Your quest is powerful. You needn’t apologize for the space it takes. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

5 " There are seasons of darkness, yes? Loss and sadness all around.” He tightens his grip. “But if you are patient, the circle turns, and then there is happiness all around, everything good, everyone happy.” He flings a hand out, palm up, as if scattering glitter. “My friend, he just forgot that happiness is part of living too. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

6 " A girl without a mother who protects her is a girl at the mercy of the world. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

7 " Paris "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

8 " Every girl needs a mother who protects her with a savage fury. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

9 " Resistance will break you. Kill you. The only way to survive is to let go. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

10 " When I saw you, I recognized you, like I’ve been waiting, all this time, for you to show up. And there you were. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

11 " I have a million questions, but they’ll be so much easier to answer if I don’t have to answer them alone. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

12 " Not everything is a disaster waiting to happen, "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

13 " I’ve carried a torch of hatred for my mother for so long now that it’s hard to even see beyond the straw woman I’ve made of her. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

14 " Life is always a mixed bag. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

15 " There are seasons of darkness, yes? Loss and sadness all around.” He tightens his grip. “But if you are patient, the circle turns, and then there is happiness all around, everything good, everyone happy.” He flings a hand out, palm up, as if scattering glitter. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

16 " But it’s not about comparison, as my counselor used to say. My pain is my pain. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

17 " I think of my admission that I haven’t had much happiness, and it suddenly seems ridiculous. What am I waiting for? "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

18 " Damn, Josie. How did you get so bad?” She lets go of a sad, short laugh. “A day at a time. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

19 " This happens all the time. Anyone who has lost somebody they love has experienced it—the head in the crowd on a busy street, the person at the grocery store who moves just like her. The rush to catch up, so relieved that she is actually still alive . . . Only to be crushed when the imposter turns around and the face is wrong. The eyes. The lips. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids

20 " A lifetime of secrets and lies later, I drive through the dark back to my neighborhood. "

― Barbara O'Neal , When We Believed in Mermaids