Happily Ever Ek-ek Quotes

“When life gives you sempelek
Don't make adebe, make sinegengene.”
― Paolo Manalo, Happily Ever Ek-ek: Poems

“To be young and to hold hands again: sway,
Sway, sway. The first daters come to this cafe.”
― Paolo Manalo, Happily Ever Ek-ek: Poems

“Maybe someone thinks of us back home:
People we've wronged who want us more than dead,
People who want so much of us that their love kills.”
― Paolo Manalo, Happily Ever Ek-ek: Poems

“It comes easy: loneliness, happiness,
And everything in between.”
― Paolo Manalo, Happily Ever Ek-ek: Poems

“Lonely, Mr Bulalonely
I have no corn cob of my own.
I am so lonely, Mr Bulalonely
Wish I had pechay or a new smartphone.”
― Paolo Manalo, Happily Ever Ek-ek: Poems