Reno > Reno's Quotes

“The history of the islands is fleeting, but when one remembers, it's the land of a thousand unknown tribes written out of history.”
― Reno Ursal, Enlightenment

“My family taught me an alternate perspective. Greek mythology was completely borrowed from Polynesian and Pacific Island folklore.”
― Reno Ursal, Enlightenment

“You're eighteen years old and you graduated high school. You're Filipino and American. But what if everything you know is predicated on assumptions about the world that are misleading and false?”
― Reno Ursal, Enlightenment

“You must think I don’t know what’s keeping you up at night. You must think we’re so different. But I know. Everyone knows despair. Isn’t that why people jump off bridges or drown themselves? Anything, really, to escape being human.”
― V.J. Campilan, All My Lonely Islands

“...I have often wondered why we do it. Uproot ourselves, I mean. Why we feel the need to travel and wander into strange soil. Why we can't leave things alone. It must be the world calling to us. After all, they say it had been one giant continent once. Maybe this is why we feel drawn to each other, to the lands we cannot see. We think of new places as opportunities to build new lives, but all are we're really doing is trying to find our way back.”
― V.J. Campilan, All My Lonely Islands

“Moonlight streamed through the uncovered bedroom window, reflecting off the glass and touching my legs. My skin emitted a caramel radiance. I absorbed the warmth and privately thanked Bathala and my ancestors for their guidance.”
― Reno Ursal, Enlightenment