Giang Nguyen

“This world is but canvas to our imaginations.”
― Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to think of it as something that would make a lasting impression, certainly never imagined that eighteen years later I would recall it in such detail. I didn't give a damn about the scenery that day. I was thinking about myself. I was thinking about the beautiful girl walking next to me. I was thinking about the two of us together, and then about myself again. It was the age, that time of life when every sight, every feeling, every thought came back, like a boomerang, to me. And worse, I was in love. Love with complications. The scenery was the last thing on my mind.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Hỡi ôi! Còn chi buồn bằng, tuổi thì trẻ, gân thì cứng, máu thì cuồn cuộn với trái tim và lòng thiết tha mà đành sống theo khuôn khổ bằng phẳng: ngày hí húi đào bới đất làm tổ, đêm thì đi ăn uống và tụ tập chúng bạn nhảy múa dông dài. Tôi không muốn cho đến lúc nhắm mắt vẫn phải ân hận chẳng biết là cuối cánh đồng mênh mông kia còn những gì lạ và cuộc đời ở đấy ra sao.”
― Tô Hoài, Dế Mèn Phiêu Lưu Ký