Quotes - Rin Chupeco (rinchupeco) (Philippines) Showing 1-12 of 12

#1

“...This particular blunder is known as deus ex machina, which is French for "Are you fucking kidding me?”
― Howard Mittelmark, How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

tags: deus-ex-machina

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#2

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: age, books, re-reading, reading

6184 likes

#3

“Even then I found the word fitting, soothing.

Fireflies.

Fire flies.

Fire, fly.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well

tags: fireflies, firefly, ghost, horror

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#4

“The previous owners left nothing of themselves here: no happiness, no grief, no pain. It is the best anyone can wish
for in a place to stay.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well

tags: ghost, house, life, room

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#5

“It is not in my nature to be interested in the living.

But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well

tags: death, ghost, haunting, horror, living, monster, nature

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#6

“Funerals seem less about comforting the souls of these dearly departed than about
comforting the people they leave behind.”
― Rin Chupeco

tags: death, funeral, grief, wake

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#7

“There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well

tags: funny, honor, japan, shame, tark-halloway

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#8

“Dad says there are more than three thousand letters in the Japanese alphabet, which could pose a problem. There are only twenty-six letters in the English alphabet, and I get into enough trouble with them as it is.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well

tags: alphabet, english, funny, japanese, language, tark-halloway

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#9

“If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody.

Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”
― Anthony Bourdain

tags: move, travel, travelling

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#10

“It would be a really bad idea to let this person loose.”

“How bad of an idea?”

“Kicking-Hitler-out-of-art-school bad.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

tags: funny, ghost, humor

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#11

“The air changes. Then that invisible spider crawls up my spine, tickling the hairs behind my neck.

I have come to know this spider these last couple of years. It whispers there’s something else in the room, breathing with you, watching you, grinning at you.

I hate that damn spider.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Suffering

tags: ghost, horror, premonition

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#12

“Like candy and heartbreak, moderation was key.”
― Rin Chupeco, Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

tags: anthology, hungry-hearts, rin-chupeco

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