3 Quotes & Sayings By Milena Veen

Milena Veen was born in Amsterdam and raised in Toronto. She studied art history and psychology at the University of Toronto and later worked as a graphic designer and as a freelance children's book illustrator. An avid reader, she fell into writing for young adults after reading Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. She now lives in California, where she teaches English as a second language and works as an editor.

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It seemed to me that life was a giant ice skating rink, and I was the only one who didn’t have skates. Most people fear death. I don’t. I’m only afraid of not living. I don’t want to be the one behind the ice rink fence, watching other people having fun. Milena Veen
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Sometimes, very rarely, life endows you with a moment of sheer flawlessness when everything is just like it is supposed to be — the smell of the air, the softness of the light, the sound of birds perching in the treetops, and someone’s smiling eyes. You don’t even try to make that moment last longer, you just exist inside its depths, while everything outside becomes invisible. Then something cracks almost inaudibly; a sunbeam starts to shine a little brighter, or a dust particle changes direction, and it’s over. You can feel the pulse of the outside world again. And you don’t want to go back inside. You just feel grateful. Milena Veen