Gaze Quote by Ocean Vuong

““In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act: to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.””

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“The most beautiful part of your body is where it’s headed.”

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“Gravity breaking our kneecaps just to show us the sky.”

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