“Virtue and wealth seldom go together. The greatest criminals are also the wealthiest men."
-The Cripple”
― Dusk
-The Cripple”
― Dusk
“Why would men so mismanage their lives? Greed, he thought, was what ruined so many. Greed--the desire to crowd into a moment all the enjoyment it will hold, to squeeze from the hour all the emotion it will yield. Men commit themselves when but half-meaning to do so, sacrificing possible future fullness of ecstasy to the craving for immediate excitement. Greed--mortgaging the future--forcing the hand of Time, or of Fate.”
― Dead Stars
― Dead Stars
“Kung pareparehas kaming special, sino pa ang special?”
― Ligo Na U, Lapit Na Me
― Ligo Na U, Lapit Na Me
“Look what's happening around us: war, hunger, poverty, epidemics... tapos, ang iniisip natin, pagandahan? My God, Pilar; ang importante sa tao'y ang kabuuan niya bilang tao... hindi kung maganda ba ang mukha niya o makinis ba ang kanyang binti!”
― Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?
― Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?
“A man is more a man through the things he keeps to himself than through those he says.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
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