Ilustrado Quotes

“The instant before something comes into focus is more exciting than any sharp certainty. Photography, child, is about the passing of time. Capturing is the goal of literature. Timelessness is the task of music and painting. But a good photograph holds time just as a vase holds water. The water will evaporate and the vase becomes a memorial to it. What separates a snapshot from a masterpiece is that the latter is a metaphor of patience...”
― Miguel Syjuco, Ilustrado

“I’m making this confession without hope for absolution.
One morning, I pretended to go crazy. Perhaps in pretending, I proved myself so.”
― Miguel Syjuco, Ilustrado

“Every teenager is both a hero and a failure. When we become adults we have to choose where in the middle we’ll be.”
― Miguel Syjuco, Ilustrado