Angelo Postanes

“It is just as our history teaches us: we can only achieve real progress when we learn to think as a nation. And we can only be a nation when we have learned to share each other's pain.”
― Gideon Lasco, The Philippines Is Not a Small Country

“Memories of beginnings, when things neared the end, were always kinder in hindsight, and the idea of a second chance seemed, at worst, harmless.”
― Glenn Diaz, The Quiet Ones

“Mamamatay akong hindi nakitang sumilay ang bukang-liwayway sa aking bayan! Kayong makakikita, salubungin siya . . . Huwag ninyong lilimutin ang mga nabuwal sa dilim ng gabi!”
—Mula kay Elias sa Kabanata 64: Nochebuena”
― Virgilio S. Almario, Noli Me Tángere

“One hundred and thirteen was a prime number. You couldn’t make it by multiplying any other numbers together. Hundred and twelve, you could make by multiplying fifty-six by two, or twenty-eight by four, or fourteen by eight. Hundred and fourteen, you could make by multiplying fifty-seven by two or nineteen by six, or thirty-eight by three. But one hundred and thirteen was prime. No factors. The only way to make a hundred and thirteen was by multiplying a hundred and thirteen by one.”
― Lee Child, Die Trying