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“I've always been aware of what my existence means, that my presence here— wherever here might be— is the result of an absence somewhere else.”
― Larissa Pham, Pop Song: Adventures in Art & Intimacy

“I speak into the silence. I toss the stone of my story into a vast crevice; measure the emptiness by its small sound.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

“They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“You agree to go to the museum because art has always had a balancing effect on your mind; it is a reminder that you are more than a body and its accompanying grief.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House