Kishel Bactong

“My eldest brother, Sung, says trust is earned, that to give someone your trust is to give them them the knife to wound you. But Joon would counter that trust is faith; to trust someone is to believe in the goodness of people and the world that shapes them.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“I'm not perfect. I'll never be perfect. I don't expect anything to be perfect. But things don't have to be perfect to be strong.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“Estamos mas guapas con la boca cerrada.

We are prettier with our mouths shut.”
― Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence

“Hatred is a poison served in three cups. The first is when people despise those they desire—because they want to have them in their possession. It’s all out of hubris! The second is when people loathe those they do not understand. It’s all out of fear! Then there is the third kind—when people hate those they have hurt.” “But why?” “Because the tree remembers what the axe forgets.” “What does that mean?” “It means it’s not the harmer who bears the scars, but the one who has been harmed.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky