Eunice Helera

“Nalunod tayo / kahapon sa salita / at kapuwa alaalang
lulutang-lutang / na lamang / ngayon. / Walang naisalba
ang panahon. (p. 47)”
― Edgar Calabia Samar, Pag-aabang sa Kundiman: Isang Tulambúhay

“Listen kiddo, by the time you grow up you'll have collected a whole lot of this 'dirt of life' stuff, right, you won't know where it's coming from but it'll pile up, and clothes and pearls won't look as beautiful to you as they do now -- that's for sure. The problem is that dirt, see? You can't ever settle down in one place, you've got to live like you're always, always staring way off into the distance.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Asleep

“Baka ako naman talaga ang nawala, ako, si Tito Tony, si Lola Bining, kaming mga naiwan, baka kami naman talaga ang nawala. Kailangan bang iyong laging umalis ang nawala, nawawala? Baka nga mas natagpuan nila ang sarili sa paglayo.”
― Edgar Calabia Samar, Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog

“But every time my thoughts reached this point, every time, my desire to speak would vanish. And so we remained precisely as we were, making no waves, at a standstill.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Asleep