Ciaran Freeman

“All this time I told myself we were born from war—but I was wrong, Ma. We were born from beauty.
Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence—but that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“I remember learning that saints were only people whose pain was notable, noted.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“His hair needed a comb, and there was a gleam of something under his nose, but he was so very much himself.”
― Anne Enright

“But some nothing's changed everything after them.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous