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

“In the Philippines, however, well removed from Spain, the friars continued their domination of both secular and religious life. This long-term influence was more political than cultural or linguistic, but in the strictest sense secular power in the colony was subordinate, and the effect of such control was that civil government was subordinated to a “friarocracy.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“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

“Mom didn’t get better. But I will.”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died