Pia

“Remembering, according to etymologists, is "bringing back to the heart." The heart, however, is merely an absentminded organ that pumps blood. But rereading is not like remembering. les more like rewriting ourselves: the subtle alchemy of reinventing our past through the twice-underscored words written by others.”
― Valeria Luiselli, Papeles falsos

“But the fact is, like my mom, most Filipinos prefer to keep history in the dark or, in these days, sold to the highest bidder.
Who can blame them.
It's kind of painful to remember.”
― Gina Apostol, La Tercera

“The uncertainty of moving forward jostles the sleeping lions of childhood fears: that I am alone, that I am not seen or seen wrongly. That I have made some terrible mistake. That the loneliness will last forever. "I want to go home," I whispered, not sure what that meant.”
― Melissa Febos, Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York

“More than ever in these image- and recording-obsessed times we distrust words, which seem at once too loud to echo the silence and too muted to express tumultuous existence.”
― Fernanda Melchor, Aquí no es Miami