Shveta

“Because nothing could be taken from me, I thought, if I had already given it away.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Isn’t that the saddest thing in the world, Ma? A comma forced to be a period?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Let me tie my shadow to your feet and call it a friendship, I said to myself.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“tenderness depends on how little the world touches you.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous