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‘The superpower of being young is that you’re the closest to being nothing - which is also the same as very old.’

Honestly I am already having mental breakdown because of this book and I think it is only getting worse. Damn you Vuong for being so amazing with words but also your amazing characters! 😭

“You lose the dead as the earth takes them, but the living you still have a say in. And so he said it. And so he lied.”

Just WOW