diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ceece5b..e638bcf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230906203007-2129a6e99d0f
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.0
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
diff --git a/pagination/pagination.go b/pagination/pagination.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d299c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pagination/pagination.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package pagination
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"errors"
+	"time"
+
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultPageSize int32 = 100
+	MaximumPageSize int32 = 5000
+	CursorDuration        = 24 * time.Hour
+)
+
+var (
+	ErrMissingExpiration  = errors.New("cursor does not have an expires timestamp")
+	ErrCursorExpired      = errors.New("cursor has expired and is no longer useable")
+	ErrUnparsableToken    = errors.New("could not parse the next page token")
+	ErrTokenQueryMismatch = errors.New("cannot change query parameters during pagination")
+)
+
+func New(nextKey []byte, namespace string, pageSize int32) *PageCursor {
+	if pageSize == 0 {
+		pageSize = DefaultPageSize
+	}
+
+	return &PageCursor{
+		PageSize:  pageSize,
+		NextKey:   nextKey,
+		Namespace: namespace,
+		Expires:   timestamppb.New(time.Now().Add(CursorDuration)),
+	}
+}
+
+func Parse(token string) (cursor *PageCursor, err error) {
+	var data []byte
+	if data, err = base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(token); err != nil {
+		return nil, ErrUnparsableToken
+	}
+
+	cursor = &PageCursor{}
+	if err = proto.Unmarshal(data, cursor); err != nil {
+		return nil, ErrUnparsableToken
+	}
+
+	var expired bool
+	if expired, err = cursor.HasExpired(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if expired {
+		return nil, ErrCursorExpired
+	}
+
+	return cursor, nil
+}
+
+func (c *PageCursor) NextPageToken() (_ string, err error) {
+	var expired bool
+	if expired, err = c.HasExpired(); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if expired {
+		return "", ErrCursorExpired
+	}
+
+	var data []byte
+	if data, err = proto.Marshal(c); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(data), nil
+}
+
+func (c *PageCursor) HasExpired() (bool, error) {
+	if c.Expires == nil {
+		return false, ErrMissingExpiration
+	}
+	return time.Now().After(c.Expires.AsTime()), nil
+}
+
+func (c *PageCursor) IsZero() bool {
+	return c.PageSize == 0 && len(c.NextKey) == 0 && c.Namespace == "" && (c.Expires == nil || c.Expires.AsTime().IsZero())
+}
diff --git a/pagination/pagination_test.go b/pagination/pagination_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abb0c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pagination/pagination_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package pagination_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rotationalio/honu/pagination"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
+)
+
+func TestPaginationToken(t *testing.T) {
+	cursor := pagination.New([]byte("foo"), "bar", 0)
+	token, err := cursor.NextPageToken()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "could not create next page token")
+	require.Greater(t, len(token), 32, "the token created above should at least be 32 characters")
+	require.Less(t, len(token), 64, "the token create above should be less than 64 characters")
+
+	parsed, err := pagination.Parse(token)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "could not parse token")
+	require.True(t, proto.Equal(cursor, parsed), "parsed token should match cursor")
+
+	cursor.Expires = nil
+	_, err = cursor.NextPageToken()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, pagination.ErrMissingExpiration, "should not be able to create a token with no expiration")
+
+	data, err := proto.Marshal(cursor)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "could not marshal protocol buffers")
+	token = base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(data)
+	_, err = pagination.Parse(token)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, pagination.ErrMissingExpiration, "should not be able to parse a token with no expiration")
+
+	_, err = pagination.Parse("ab")
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, pagination.ErrUnparsableToken, "should not be able to parse an invalid token")
+
+	_, err = pagination.Parse(base64.RawStdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("badtokendata")))
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, pagination.ErrUnparsableToken, "should not be able to parse an invalid token")
+
+	cursor.Expires = timestamppb.New(time.Now().Add(-5 * time.Minute))
+	_, err = cursor.NextPageToken()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, pagination.ErrCursorExpired, "should not be able to create an expired token")
+
+	data, err = proto.Marshal(cursor)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "could not marshal protocol buffers")
+	token = base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(data)
+	_, err = pagination.Parse(token)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, pagination.ErrCursorExpired, "should not be able to parse an expired token")
+}
+
+func TestPaginationExpired(t *testing.T) {
+	cursor := &pagination.PageCursor{}
+	expired, err := cursor.HasExpired()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, pagination.ErrMissingExpiration)
+	require.False(t, expired, "if err is not nil, expired should be false")
+
+	cursor.Expires = timestamppb.New(time.Now().Add(5 * time.Minute))
+	expired, err = cursor.HasExpired()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "cursor should compute expiration without error")
+	require.False(t, expired, "cusor should not be expired for 5 minutes")
+
+	cursor.Expires = timestamppb.New(time.Now().Add(-5 * time.Minute))
+	expired, err = cursor.HasExpired()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "cursor should compute expiration without error")
+	require.True(t, expired, "cusor should have expired 5 minutes ago")
+}
+
+func TestPaginationIsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	cursor := &pagination.PageCursor{}
+	require.True(t, cursor.IsZero(), "empty cursor should be zero valued")
+
+	cursor = pagination.New([]byte("foo"), "bar", 0)
+	require.False(t, cursor.IsZero(), "new cursor should not be zero valued")
+}