Basil Quotes

“I’d let it happen. And worse, I’d been a part of it.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“He needs his Chakras cleansed.” Bodhi rose, waving his joint. “I think a Buddha’s Breath would be good for him.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“I can’t give second chances. I trust with a great deal of difficulty,”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“If you can only see the value of something once you lose it, then you don’t deserve to get back what you lost.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“But he wasn’t with me or for me.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“My whole life I have loved people who haven’t loved me back. My whole fucking life, Basil. I thought….” Tears began to fall, and I couldn’t stop them. “I thought you were the one who’d be with me, for me.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“No one gave me a damn chance.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“Also, the yeast infection, i.e. heartbreak, needs to pass!”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“Epiphanies were strange things that hit you way after the damage was done.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“I was just…saying shit.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story

“Meadow stroked my hair. “I know, babe. But not everyone knows how to argue like champions as we do.” Rain laughed holding a finger up. “Yep, first rule of being a couple’s counselor, address actions not people.”
― Maya Alden, Basil: A Short Story