Charina (ᜆᜒᜌᜇ̢̇ᜈ)

“Native gods, called anitos, were often not abandoned, but instead were transformed into saints and were often venerated in small chapels attached to private homes.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“You don’t mind breaking the law?” “Not in the least.” “Nor running a chance of arrest?” “Not in a good cause.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“Yet as much as I loved him, I loved myself more. And as I was discovering, there was no end to love—it was something which grew and renewed endlessly, expanding to encompass each new horizon. Family. Friends. And other lovers, too—none of them the same—yet each precious in their own way.”
― Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess

“I hated him now because I had loved him then.”
― Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess