They say every snowflake is different—but the blizzard, it covers us a… — It Only Happens Once

It Only Happens Once

They say every snowflake is different—but the blizzard, it covers us all the same.

— On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, p. 1745 more from Ocean Vuong→

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the blizzard covers us all the sameBoth triumph and tragedy occur in our world, often without rhyme nor reason. A defining aspect of the human condition that almost all of us can understand is that while we have the agency to change our conditions and improve our chances of success, the world we live in is ultimately indiscriminate; the notion of "deserving," whether in our present life circumstances or our posthumous legacy, is a concept farfetched from the reality of our wayward universe.

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