Maria Servidone

“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

“Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over. After the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow. People are like that, too. They start over. They find a way.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“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

“The human mind is like that monkey, incessantly active by its own nature, then it becomes drunk with the wine of desire, thus increasing its turbulence. After desire takes possession comes the sting of the scorpion of jealousy at the success of others, and last of all the demon of pride enters the mind, making it think itself of all importance.”
― Ram Dass, Be Here Now