Romvlvs

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

“Before 1521 we could have been anything and everything not Filipino; after 1565 we can be nothing but Filipino.”
― Nick Joaquín, Culture and History

“The leaders of Nippon were stupid. They took all of the gold out of Tokyo and buried it in holes in the ground in the Philippines! Because they thought that The General would march into Tokyo and steal it. But The General didn’t care about the gold. He understood that the real gold is here—" he points to his head "—in the intelligence of the people, and here—" he holds out his hands "—in the work that they do. Getting rid of our gold was the best thing that ever happened to Nippon. It made us rich. Receiving that gold was the worst thing that happened to the Philippines. It made them poor.”
― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

“The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church.”
― Ferdinand Magellan