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The Lost Girls of Devon QUOTES

The Lost Girls of Devon QUOTES

1 " right? "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

2 " Lost girls. I’d found them everywhere, all over the world, all longing for hope, for love, for an answer to their hungers in a world that did not honor them. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

3 " But my dad told me a long time ago that the reason a lot of people fall on their faces is because they can’t handle big things without booze or drugs. You have to figure out how you can face things that hurt or burn or even make you really happy. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

4 " I sometimes wondered if I’d wasted my entire life on a quixotic quest. Had I done anyone any good, ever? Dark thoughts indeed. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

5 " I deeply, painfully wanted to know her, and it appeared that perhaps that would never happen. It was the price I would have to pay for leaving her. Abandoning her. Scarring her. I closed my eyes and let the pain and shame fill me for the space of three breaths. Yearning. Sorrow. Pain. Whatever she doled out now, I had certainly earned. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

6 " I’m so lonely. I want to find my soul mate.” “We all have so many,” I said. “You’re bound to find one of them very soon. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

7 " Some carry more weight than others,” I agreed, “but each one brings a gift. If you’re so focused on finding just the right person, you might miss the ones who bring you everything you need. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

8 " Breathe in suffering, breathe out peace. I took in the darkness, the heat of anger, my own and that in the world, and the sorrow, and the greed, and held it. I imagined scrubbing the dark mass into something fresh and shiny, and exhaled, letting it go. Whether it helped the world or not was unclear. It did, however, lighten my step. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

9 " In. Be right where you are. Out. Only in this very minute. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

10 " But life is not an orderly thing, and rules of conduct do not always tell us how to proceed. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

11 " You are my heart and soul and greatest love. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

12 " Every grief brings back all the old ones, "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

13 " I’d studied with gurus and monks and nuns, healers of all ilk across the world, and the best advice was all the same: listening was the thing that could cure most ills, mind or body. No magic. Only listening. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

14 " Breathe in suffering, breathe out peace. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

15 " rinsed "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

16 " listening was the thing that could cure most ills, mind or body. No magic. Only listening. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

17 " But my dad told me a long time ago that the reason a lot "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

18 " was drinking and smoking too much weed to be a good father—and to his credit, he knew it too. When I asked him to go back to New Mexico and give the relationship some time, he agreed. How selfish I’d been! So breathlessly, cheekily selfish! I thought it would be a month, maybe two. A woman had as much right as a man to explore the world and herself and her "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

19 " of people fall on their faces is because they can’t handle big things without booze or drugs. You have to figure out how you can face things that hurt or burn or even make you really happy. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon

20 " we need nature, to remind us to be still. "

― Barbara O'Neal , The Lost Girls of Devon