Vintage Sadness Quotes

“Once you know what it is to be lonely it is hard to unsee that which serves as a reminder that you were not always empty.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, Vintage Sadness

“he says the end isn’t always about what dies and I know I know
or I knew once and now I write about beautiful things

like I will never touch a beautiful thing again

— Hanif Abdurraqib, from “And What Good Will Your Vanity Be When the Rapture Comes,” Vintage Sadness (Big Lucks Books June 13th 2017)”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, Vintage Sadness

“can’t our heart just be an untethered and unspectacular thing that keeps us from a funeral”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, Vintage Sadness