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“She brings seven pairs of underwear, two pairs of shoes. She brings an anxious disposition.”
― Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown

“Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“I think you and I share the same disillusionment, sprouted from long-buried hope.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

“Did you know people get rich off of sadness? I want to meet the millionaire of American sadness. I want to look him in the eye, shake his hand, and say, 'it's been an honor to serve my country.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous