Identity is the history that has gone into bone and blood and reshaped the flesh. Identity is not what we were but what we have become what we are at this moment. — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“If for us culture means museum and library and open house and art gallery, for them it meant the activities and amenities of everyday… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“...and that there were many things grow-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves...” — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“If your hands were not clean, your good actions had grimmer and more relentless consequences than your sins.” — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“Before 1521 we could have been anything and everything not Filipino; after 1565 we can be nothing but Filipino.” — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
Identity is the history that has gone into bone and blood and reshaped the flesh. Identity is not what we were but what we… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“When he had gone home, he had been frightened, he had refused to face what he saw. But he had not really wanted to… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“Shouldn't we rather recognize that each person is a sort of unconscious anthology of all epochs of man; and that he may at times… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
The young look up to me as their feeder, said Alex. Well, they can go look for another trough. I'm through with this hogwash.Are… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“The world was always going to be remade by people who were too busy to remake themselves first and who left the world twice… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity. — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“If you beget a monster of a child it could prove you were rather monstrous yourself.” — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
“I fell in love when I was twenty-six. Love in my interpretation comes once in a lifetime.” — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
