Moth Quotes

“There is purpose and beauty in chaos...just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.”
― Melody Razak, Moth

“...the process of transformation starts with decay..."
"And then you have something beautiful?" asks Alma.
"But first you have something ugly, my love. Foul and fair always live together," replies Ma.
"And then you have a butterfly who...for all its beauty, will only live a few days," says Cookie Auntie.
"Beauty is ephemeral," agrees Ma...
"Ephemeral": short-lived, brief. Alma considers it. "But beauty will exist for the person who sees it. And after they have seen it, the person will not forget having seen it."
..."Beauty can live on. In memory, or a story, in language and words, in music," agrees Ma.”
― Melody Razak, Moth

“Exactly. Imagine you cut a chrysalis open, what do you find?” “A caterpillar?” “A rotting caterpillar. The process of transformation starts with decay. Most people don’t think about that.”
― Melody Razak, Moth

“He had known then the value of his ancient homelands: that India was many complexities of tribe and dialect and ritual woven together, an inextricable fabric of pulsating life. How could anyone put borders on that?”
― Melody Razak, Moth

“The process of transformation starts with decay.”
― Melody Razak, Moth