The Woman Who Had Two Navels Quotes

“When he had gone home, he had been frightened, he had refused to face what he saw. But he had not really wanted to come home to a land, only to a pas; and not finding the past there, he had run away, fearing the reality, preferring the dream.”
― Nick Joaquín, The Woman Who Had Two Navels

“...and that there were many things grow-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves...”
― Nick Joaquín, The Woman Who Had Two Navels

“If your hands were not clean, your good actions had grimmer and more relentless consequences than your sins.”
― Nick Joaquín, The Woman Who Had Two Navels

“...and that there were many things grown-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves...”
― Nick Joaquín, The Woman Who Had Two Navels

“If you beget a monster of a child it could prove you were rather monstrous yourself.”
― Nick Joaquín, The Woman Who Had Two Navels

“Because it is so hard to keep the world going. There is always the temptation to abandon the effort altogether. For there is always the sowing and the harvesting, the building and the repairing, the falling down and the rising up again. Every day, everything has to be done all over again. In our world, it is always Monday morning.”
― Nick Joaquín, The Woman Who Had Two Navels

“- But they were corrupt, Father!
- They were human, my child. And if we were to reject all worldly authority for that reason, we would have to reject everything: marriage and government and society; the family, the state, and the church. We would have to abolish the world. Is that what you propose to do?”
― Nick Joaquín, The Woman Who Had Two Navels