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“Sabi ng demonyo, ipaubaya mo ang kapalaran sa kapangyarihang higit sa ating lahat, ang pagkakataon— na pare-pareho nating hindi hawak.”
― Ronaldo Soledad Vivo Jr., Ang Kapangyarihang Higit sa Ating Lahat

“How many more times in my life would I sit back like this and find myself transfixed by the blue of the evening? Is this what it means to live and die alone? That you'll always be in the same place, no matter where you are?
"Is that so bad?" I asked myself out loud.
I don't need to tell you that no one answered.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs

“Kung kanila ’yan, hindi nila papayagang kutahan ng mga kriminal na pulis ’yan.”
“Redundant ka.”
“Saan?”
“Kriminal na pulis.”
“Emphasis.”
― Ronaldo S. Vivo Jr., Ang Bangin sa Ilalim ng Ating mga Paa

“My brothers and sisters, in the course of a long life in the service of our Mother the Church, let me tell you that the one sin I have come to fear more than any other is certainty. Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance. Even Christ was not certain at the end. 'Eli Eli, lama sabachtani?' He cried out in His agony at the ninth hour on the cross. 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand in hand with doubt. If there was only certainty, and if there was no doubt, there would be no mystery, and therefore no need for faith.”
― Robert Harris, Conclave