Ayban Gabriyel

“We read because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them,in their problems.And by seeing ourselves in them, we clarify ourselves, we explain ourselves to ourselves, so we can live with ourselves...”
― F. Sionil José, Ermita

“We do not conquer life, no one can conquer what one cannot define, but at least it is there and it is ours to shape and to possess fully, with all the senses working, with all the powers of the heart surging, as we search for the answer to the greatest riddle of them all- death, the ultimate end, the enemy of all men, the final quietus to the noblest of emotions, the tenacity and ethereal creativity of faith.”
― F. Sionil José, My Brother, My Executioner

“Pag di mo na nadarama'ng mga kapakinabangan ng buhay at ang buhay ay wala nang kapakinabangan sa'yo, dapat ka nang mamatay. 'Yong pinakamabuting maaaring mangyari sa'yo, sa gano'ng kalagayan.”
― Edgardo M. Reyes, Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag

“Every time we make jokes about how jologs someone's school is, we are not insulting the poor student's intellectual abilities but their parents' financial capacity.”
― Lourd Ernest H. de Veyra, The Best of This Is A Crazy Planets