Ocean Vuong

"What is a country but a life sentence?"
-Ocean Vuong-

"The time at Six Flags, when you rode the Superman roller coaster with me because I was too scared to do it alone. How you threw up afterward, your whole head in the garbage can. How, in my screeching delight, I forgot to say Thank you."
-Ocean Vuong-

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# Ocean Vuong

> "What is a country but a life sentence?"
> -Ocean Vuong-

> "The time at Six Flags, when you rode the Superman roller coaster with me because I was too scared to do it alone. How you threw up afterward, your whole head in the garbage can. How, in my screeching delight, I forgot to say Thank you."
> -Ocean Vuong-

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