Melissa Hayden

“In hundreds of years,' she continued, voice darker and sober now, 'I've only let myself love two people. You don't have that kind of time, though. You're mortal. You don't get to make a lot of mistakes before you kick it and if you wait, you get screwed over.”
― Skyla Dawn Cameron

“There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“Remember this always: the fly, even in paradise, must always exist on shit.”
― Frances Pauli, The Fly in Paradise

“Death is real, irreversible, and awful. Do you want some advice? Don't wait until you're dead to try to communicate. Do it now. You still have a chance. Not a great one, but a better one than you will have. If you think it's hard to get your point across now, and that no one really understands what you're about, just try it when you're dead.”
― Alexander Jablokov, Brain Thief