Janela

“You cannot ask the poor for sacrifices," I said. "We are already poor. What can we give? How do you measure the patriotism of the poor?”
― F. Sionil José, Mass

“The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity.”
― Nick Joaquín, Culture and History

“Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer; except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs. Perhaps this was partly because there were so many pigs and so many dogs.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“May your love for me be
like
the scent of the evening sea

drifting in
through a quiet window

so i do not have to run
or chase or fall
... to feel you

all i have to do
is
breathe.”
― Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos