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F. Sionil Jose quotes: None will thank me for this, nor anyone will remember.-Istak None will thank me for this, nor anyone will remember.
-Istak
F. Sionil Jose quotes: You will be surprised how much punishment the human body can take, if there is enough will - or faith. You will be surprised how much punishment the human body can take, if there is enough will - or faith.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: It is what one really owns in the end, a name.-Istak It is what one really owns in the end, a name.
-Istak
F. Sionil Jose quotes: But like my father, I have not done anything. I could not, because I am me, because I died long ago. But like my father, I have not done anything. I could not, because I am me, because I died long ago.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom. In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Why do people betray their brothers and eventually themselves?-The Cripple Why do people betray their brothers and eventually themselves?
-The Cripple
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most influential. Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most influential.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: I think that I was born on a day God was fast asleep. And whatever happened after my birth was nothing but dreamless ignorance. I think that I was born on a day God was fast asleep. And whatever happened after my birth was nothing but dreamless ignorance.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize. What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs. I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found. Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral. Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition. What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: We cannot be rooted in the past forever. We must not be sentimental. We cannot be rooted in the past forever. We must not be sentimental.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even Balinese or Thai. We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even Balinese or Thai.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike. I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: The bravest are usually those whom we do not know or hear about, those anonymous men who dig the trenches, who produce the food. The bravest are usually those whom we do not know or hear about, those anonymous men who dig the trenches, who produce the food.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: There is nothing like the land you belong to claiming you back. But everywhere the earth is the same.-Old David There is nothing like the land you belong to claiming you back. But everywhere the earth is the same.
-Old David
F. Sionil Jose quotes: We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it. We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be. A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941. I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich. Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: The importance not just of history, but of roots - that a writer must have then to nurture, to remember if he is to endure. The importance not just of history, but of roots - that a writer must have then to nurture, to remember if he is to endure.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: If we could only learn to trust one anotherTagalogs trusting Ilokanos, Pampangos trusting Tagalogs. -The Cripple If we could only learn to trust one another
Tagalogs trusting Ilokanos, Pampangos trusting Tagalogs.
-The Cripple
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth. Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day. When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: I tell young people who ask me about a future in writing not to go into it unless they get married to someone rich. I tell young people who ask me about a future in writing not to go into it unless they get married to someone rich.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Absences can also make one forget. Absence dulls the memory and banishes those who are precious from the mind. Absences can also make one forget. Absence dulls the memory and banishes those who are precious from the mind.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: But all men dieas anonymously as they had lived, no matter what their achievements.-Istak But all men die
as anonymously as they had lived, no matter what their achievements.
-Istak
F. Sionil Jose quotes: We must respect courage wherever we encounter it.-Tom We must respect courage wherever we encounter it.
-Tom
F. Sionil Jose quotes: It has always been the many faceless men, those foot soldiers, who have suffered most, who have died. It is they who make a nation. It has always been the many faceless men, those foot soldiers, who have suffered most, who have died. It is they who make a nation.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity. Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: The Japanese covet important symbols - their heroic past as enshrined in Yasukuni, the Imperial family which has never been sullied by scandal. The Japanese covet important symbols - their heroic past as enshrined in Yasukuni, the Imperial family which has never been sullied by scandal.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Literature suffers because writers give their books to colleagues who will then write glowing reviews or saccharine introductions. Literature suffers because writers give their books to colleagues who will then write glowing reviews or saccharine introductions.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Virtue and wealth seldom go together. The greatest criminals are also the wealthiest men."-The Cripple Virtue and wealth seldom go together. The greatest criminals are also the wealthiest men."
-The Cripple
F. Sionil Jose quotes: But a nation which has people who can think, the nation already has strength. It is the mind which rules, not instinct or habit. But a nation which has people who can think, the nation already has strength. It is the mind which rules, not instinct or habit.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: The mind can also be kind and does blot out those episodes of our existence that we can't erase in our consciousness. The mind can also be kind and does blot out those episodes of our existence that we can't erase in our consciousness.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: But when will Filipinas ever be free from its leaders who are wealthy and crooked, in whom we have put so much trust?-The Cripple But when will Filipinas ever be free from its leaders who are wealthy and crooked, in whom we have put so much trust?
-The Cripple
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums. Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving. Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself. I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: The Philippines just need 100 youth to stand up for their country The Philippines just need 100 youth to stand up for their country
F. Sionil Jose quotes: The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in their very marrow. The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in their very marrow.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: No stranger can come battering down my door and say he brings me light. This I have within me.-Istak No stranger can come battering down my door and say he brings me light. This I have within me.
-Istak
F. Sionil Jose quotes: So honesty then and service are rewarded by banishment and people sell themselves without so much ado because they have no beliefsonly a price. So honesty then and service are rewarded by banishment and people sell themselves without so much ado because they have no beliefs
only a price.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little. My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: It is the heart which dictates, which rules, which lets us live and die. It is the heart which dictates, which rules, which lets us live and die.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Indeed time has that ultimate capacity to render the passions of the past when recalled in the present as no more than grandiloquent gestures. Indeed time has that ultimate capacity to render the passions of the past when recalled in the present as no more than grandiloquent gestures.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: In death, all men are brothers.-Istak In death, all men are brothers.
-Istak
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life. Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Forgive those who are ignorant.-Bit-tik Forgive those who are ignorant.
-Bit-tik
F. Sionil Jose quotes: For them who delay aging, who infuse decrepit bodies with youth and beauty - they must rejoice in the fullness of their deeds. For them who delay aging, who infuse decrepit bodies with youth and beauty - they must rejoice in the fullness of their deeds.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face. Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Who then lives? Who then triumphs when all others have succumbed? Who then lives? Who then triumphs when all others have succumbed?
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Ubi boni, malum prosperat (Where good men are silent, evil prospers) Ubi boni, malum prosperat (Where good men are silent, evil prospers)
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies. Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong. The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in the end, our worst enemy is ourselves You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in the end, our worst enemy is ourselves
F. Sionil Jose quotes: All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory. All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: It is more difficult for the poor to be virtuous. -The Cripple It is more difficult for the poor to be virtuous.
-The Cripple
F. Sionil Jose quotes: There is so much that the past can teach us.-The Cripple There is so much that the past can teach us.
-The Cripple
F. Sionil Jose quotes: Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues. Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues.
F. Sionil Jose quotes: I was born in an Ilokano village called Cabugawan. Most of the houses in it were roofed with thatch, pan-aw, a species of wild grass. I was born in an Ilokano village called Cabugawan. Most of the houses in it were roofed with thatch, pan-aw, a species of wild grass.

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