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Ocean Vuong
“Okay.” Hai nodded, but his mind was somewhere else. “Hey. Do you think a life you can’t remember is still a good life?” The question sounded almost silly aloud. “I mean, like—” “Yes,” said Sony. “Why’s that?” “Because someone else will remember it.”
Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong
“With money I earned by myself, I gave my daughter a room just so she can read in peace for a day. And I sat there and watched her read, sipping a scotch from the bar. And I cried like a baby. And Lina, my little Lina, she said, 'Mama, why are you crying?' And I said, ' I know how God feels now.”
Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

“We need not worry, our leaders tell us. We are a resilient people. We need only summon that strength now. Will someone please tell them that resilience is not a thing to be trotted out in trying times like a kind of prized pony? As the gifted Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat puts it, just because people are resilient doesn't mean they can suffer more than others.”
Julian Aguon, No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies: A Lyric Essay

Ocean Vuong
“Words cast spells. You should know this as a writer. That's why it's called spelling, Labas.”
Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong
“He wanted too much of one feeling—and I guess his heart gave out because of it. I don’t
think we’re made to hold too much of any one thing.”
Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

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