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

"i miss you more than i remember you."

I promise you, I was here. I felt things that made death so large it was indistinguishable from air- and I went on destroying inside it like wind in a storm.

Maybe we look into mirrors not merely to seek beauty, regardless how illusive, but to make sure, despite the facts, that we're still here. That the hunted body we move in has not yet been annihilated, scraped out. To see yourself still yourself is a refuge men who have not been denied cannot know.

Too much joy, I swear, is lost in our desperation to keep it.

They say addiction might be linked to bipolar disorder. It’s the chemicals in our brains, they say. I got the wrong chemicals, Ma. Or, rather, I don’t get enough of one or the other. They have a pill for it. They have an industry. They make millions. Did you know people get rich off of sadness? I want to meet the millionaire of American sadness. I want to look him in the eye, shake his hand, and say, «It’s been an honor to serve my country.»

Ocean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous