Different Countries Quotes

“The people would have a lot to atone for in the destruction of their environment—they were now learning and admitting this. Poverty had pushed them to overexploit in harmful ways their only sources of sustenance and livelihood.”
― Clarissa V. Militante, Different Countries

“Only on an island like this could these many stars appear at night, like they had been poured into the sky from a giant container, Katherine observed. Feeling childlike, she couldn’t stop being amazed at the scene above her. She had stared at it for minutes now, not minding that her neck had started to strain. In Manila, the atmosphere was so polluted that the skies were so gloomy at night, making the stars invisible to human eyes.”
― Clarissa V. Militante, Different Countries

“It seemed to him that Filipinos didn’t attach too much importance to what their first names could do to their fate, only to their surnames.”
― Clarissa V. Militante, Different Countries