“I love how Vietnamese cuisine always tastes like flowers, and how they...” — Hanya Yanagihara Quote

“I love how Vietnamese cuisine always tastes like flowers, and how they had the ingenious idea of pairing that floral flavor with seafood: such a combination shouldn't work as well as it does.”

“The first thing I do whenever I go to Thailand is seek out the closest restaurant or stall selling mango-and-sticky rice: it's a little hillock of glutinous rice drenched in lashings of coconut milk and served with fresh mango.”

“My whiteness, economic privilege, able-bodied privilege, family support, and so many other factors shield me from some of the worst possible consequences - often fatal ones - that result from the toxic combination of misogyny, racism, and anti-trans sentiment.”

“I have a flexible body, thanks to the combination exercise routine I follow. But I'm fairly lazy when it comes to working out my legs and back.”

“I listen to Frank Sinatra before my fight a lot, and I also listen to Orisha music, so both of those, I need, it's weird. It's a weird combination.”