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title: "2 Abroad Quotes By Miguel Syjuco"
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> [I don't see myself as any different from all the other Filipinos who have gone abroad looking for opportunity, to be a nurse, a labourer, a maid or a prostitute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/i-don-t-see-myself-as-any-different-from-all-the-other-filipinos-who/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/miguel-syjuco-8046_abroad_i-don-t-see-myself-as-any-different-from_355222.png)

> [I studied in New York. I fell in love with an Australian-born, half-Filipina girl. So we moved to Australia when she went to her university and I moved with her. We moved to Montreal because she was going to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/i-studied-in-new-york-i-fell-in-love-with-an-australian-born-half/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

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## More by Miguel Syjuco

> [“Here, need blurs the line between good and bad, and a constant promise of random violence sticks like humidity down your back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/here-need-blurs-the-line-between-good-and-bad-and-a-constant-promise/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [“He fidgets. Thinks. Observes his fellow passengers. Judges everyone, in the traditional Filipino sport of justifying both personal and shared insecurities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/he-fidgets-thinks-observes-his-fellow-passengers-judges-everyone-in/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [When I was young, I spent my days and nights trying to impress future generations. I spent them. They're gone. All because I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/when-i-was-young-i-spent-my-days-and-nights-trying-to-impress-future/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [You can’t bring an unwritten place to life without losing something substantial. Manila is the cradle, the graveyard, the memory. The Mecca, the Cathedral,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/you-can-t-bring-an-unwritten-place-to-life-without-losing-something/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [“Let me welcome you to my first country, my Third World.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/let-me-welcome-you-to-my-first-country-my-third-world/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [“A man's life is all he has. When you're old, it's all you'll ever have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/a-man-s-life-is-all-he-has-when-you-re-old-it-s-all-you-ll-ever-have/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [“The little things, you know, eventually become everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/the-little-things-you-know-eventually-become-everything/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [“A father must take credit for his child, but never a child for his father.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/a-father-must-take-credit-for-his-child-but-never-a-child-for-his/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/i-surprise-myself-that-i-m-not-dead-in-the-gutter-somewhere-surprised/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [“We liked to believe there is an alternate world, a better world, populated entirely by characters created by the yearnings of humanity--governing and inspiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/we-liked-to-believe-there-is-an-alternate-world-a-better-world/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [I have to believe that literature can effect change; otherwise, I would have no purpose in my life and would have wasted four years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/i-have-to-believe-that-literature-can-effect-change-otherwise-i-would/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [I don't see myself as any different from all the other Filipinos who have gone abroad looking for opportunity, to be a nurse, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/i-don-t-see-myself-as-any-different-from-all-the-other-filipinos-who/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [Clichés remind and reassure us that we're not alone, that others have trod this ground long ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/clich-s-remind-and-reassure-us-that-we-re-not-alone-that-others-have/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [We referenced fictional characters as if they were people to learn from. As if real-life people were too nebulous, too private and unreal for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/we-referenced-fictional-characters-as-if-they-were-people-to-learn/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

> [“There are only three truths. That which can be known. That which can never be known. The third, which concerns the writer alone, truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/there-are-only-three-truths-that-which-can-be-known-that-which-can/)

[Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/)

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