Linh Vu

“Ma, to speak in our mother tongue is to speak only partially in Vietnamese, but entirely in war.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“It turned out that if you saw the same person with some degree of regularity, then the conversation was immediately pleasant and comfortable -- you could pick up where you left off, as it were, rather than having to start afresh each time.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“I did not know then what I know now: to be an American boy, and then an American boy with a gun, is to move from one end of a cage to another.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous