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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous & Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong 2 Books Collection Set Quotes
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous & Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong 2 Books Collection Set
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous & Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong 2 Books Collection Set Quotes
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“Suppose you do change your life.
& the body is more than
a portion of night––sealed
with bruises. Suppose you woke
& found your shadow replaced
by a black wolf. The boy, beautiful
& gone. So you take the knife to the wall
instead. You carve & carve
until a coin of light appears
& you get to look in, at last,
on happiness. The eye
staring back from the other side––
waiting.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous & Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong 2 Books Collection Set
& the body is more than
a portion of night––sealed
with bruises. Suppose you woke
& found your shadow replaced
by a black wolf. The boy, beautiful
& gone. So you take the knife to the wall
instead. You carve & carve
until a coin of light appears
& you get to look in, at last,
on happiness. The eye
staring back from the other side––
waiting.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous & Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong 2 Books Collection Set
“Again and again, I watched as manicurists, bowed over a hand or foot of a client, some young as seven, say, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry,” when they had done nothing wrong.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous & Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong 2 Books Collection Set
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous & Night Sky with Exit Wounds By Ocean Vuong 2 Books Collection Set
