--- title: "1 Good Photograph Quotes By Miguel Syjuco" description: "1 Good Photograph quotes by Miguel Syjuco. Plus more from Miguel Syjuco and more Good Photograph sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/miguel-syjuco-8046_goals_the-instant-before-something-comes-into_2029898.jpg" --- > [“The instant before something comes into focus is more exciting than any sharp certainty. Photography, child, is about the passing of time. Capturing is the goal of literature. Timelessness is the task of music and painting. But a good photograph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-syjuco/the-instant-before-something-comes-into-focus-is-more-exciting-than/) [Miguel Syjuco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-syjuco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/miguel-syjuco-8046_goals_the-instant-before-something-comes-into_2029898.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-photograph/miguel-syjuco/#itemlist", "name": "1 Good Photograph Quotes By Miguel Syjuco", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The instant before something comes into focus is more exciting than any sharp certainty. 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