Shveta

“For me it was important to be alone; solitude was a prerequisite to being openly and joyfully susceptible and responsive to the world of leaves, light, birdsong, flowers, flowing water.”
― Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays

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

“Perhaps it was not a destination I sought, but merely a continuation.”
― 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