Melaina

“If you're reading this, if you're breathing, you have time.”
― Miguel Chen, The Death of You: A Book for Anyone Who Might Not Live Forever

“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“When anger clears, it makes room for compassion, which can be a powerful, healing force.”
― Miguel Chen, The Death of You: A Book for Anyone Who Might Not Live Forever

“If, in our human lives, we are moving up and down constantly through the levels of rebirth, then we must see the potential in each moment: the potential to improve, and the pitfalls we risk if we don't commit to living better. We can see that none of it is permanent, and so we simply try our best. We can even learn to see each moment, each breath, as a practice in taking in and letting go, or being born and dying, only to be reborn again. Rebirth teaches us that we can always be better, in life or after it.”
― Miguel Chen, The Death of You: A Book for Anyone Who Might Not Live Forever