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“But why can’t the language for creativity be the language of regeneration?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“What if the body, at its best, is only a longing for body? The blood racing to the heart only to be sent back out, filling the routes, the once empty channels, the miles it takes to take us toward each other. Why did I feel more myself while reaching for him, my hand midair, than I did having touched him.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Only their children return; only the future revisits the past.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“The most useful thing one can do with empty hands is hold on.”
― Ocean Vuong