yen

“Because I, too,
needed a place
to hold me.”
― Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother

“the system fails us again and again and creates the illusion that we are the ones who are failing”
― Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection

“In my language, the one I recall now only by closing my
eyes, the word for love is Yêu.
And the word for weakness is Yếu.
How you say what you mean changes what you say.
Some call this prayer, I call it watch your mouth.”
― Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother

“I’ve
plagiarized my life
to give you the best
of me”
― Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother