House of Monstrous Women Quotes

“I know you have this idea that the del Rosario legacy is that house. But it isn’t. It’s our actions. It’s the life we live.”
― Daphne Fama, House of Monstrous Women

“Happiness demands suffering. It demands pain.”
― Daphne Fama, House of Monstrous Women

“When the discrepancy between the computer tabulation reports and the figures on the tally board was detected, the immediate reaction was one of indignation and utter frustration. It hurt us to see a deliberate betrayal of trust. It did not matter who was winning or losing; cheating whether by one vote or one hundred thousand is still cheating. It was an insult to our most basic sensibilities, both moral and professional. And we did not want to have anything to do with it.”
― Daphne Fama, House of Monstrous Women

“There’s no way to escape the corruption here. It’s in the soil, the air. It’s built into the laws that the Spanish gave us, cemented by the American occupation.”
― Daphne Fama, House of Monstrous Women