Vulnerability
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
- Your Highlight on page 238
Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.
the things worth pursuing—beauty, truth, impact—demand exposure and risk
The Tao Te Ching tells us:
“Woman, at her birth, is subtle and tender.
In death, she is rigid and hard.
Plants, when they are young, are pliant and soft.
But when dead, they are brittle and dry.
Thus, tenderness and softness are the companions of life.
But rigidity and hardness are the companions of death.
I'm Sad Because I Want To Be Sad
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