“Because life, as Pablo Picasso averred, 'is a very bad novel', it has to be reworked through the writers' suffering into something much more meaningful, much more valuable. A life lived and relived, then, emitting intensity and beauty only achievable… — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
“Language, because it is imperfect, cannot encompass experience in its raw and primal condition. To verbalize emotion and action is to decrease their impact.” — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
“Because life, as Pablo Picasso averred, 'is a very bad novel', it has to be reworked through the writers' suffering into something much more… — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
“... since the history of words is a mainspring of our intellectual and emotional character.” — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
“It also seems that the unhappy writers are the enduring writer. Hampered or limited by their suffering, literature becomes their focus and salvation, forcing… — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless we laughed as best we could Because we are helpless while we are loved.” — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
