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> [“...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...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/and-that-there-were-many-things-grow-ups-did-which-couldn-t-properly/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

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## More by Nick Joaquín

> [“If for us culture means museum and library and open house and art gallery, for them it meant the activities and amenities of everyday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/if-for-us-culture-means-museum-and-library-and-open-house-and-art/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“...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...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/and-that-there-were-many-things-grow-ups-did-which-couldn-t-properly/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“If your hands were not clean, your good actions had grimmer and more relentless consequences than your sins.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/if-your-hands-were-not-clean-your-good-actions-had-grimmer-and-more/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“Before 1521 we could have been anything and everything not Filipino; after 1565 we can be nothing but Filipino.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/before-1521-we-could-have-been-anything-and-everything-not-filipino/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [Identity is the history that has gone into bone and blood and reshaped the flesh. Identity is not what we were but what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/identity-is-the-history-that-has-gone-into-bone-and-blood-and/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“When he had gone home, he had been frightened, he had refused to face what he saw. But he had not really wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/when-he-had-gone-home-he-had-been-frightened-he-had-refused-to-face/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/shouldn-t-we-rather-recognize-that-each-person-is-a-sort-of/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/the-young-look-up-to-me-as-their-feeder-said-alex-well-they-can-go/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“The world was always going to be remade by people who were too busy to remake themselves first and who left the world twice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/the-world-was-always-going-to-be-remade-by-people-who-were-too-busy/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/the-identity-of-the-filipino-today-is-of-a-person-asking-what-is-his/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“If you beget a monster of a child it could prove you were rather monstrous yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/if-you-beget-a-monster-of-a-child-it-could-prove-you-were-rather/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“I fell in love when I was twenty-six. Love in my interpretation comes once in a lifetime.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/i-fell-in-love-when-i-was-twenty-six-love-in-my-interpretation-comes/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [The point is not how we use a tool, but how it uses us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/the-point-is-not-how-we-use-a-tool-but-how-it-uses-us/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [“Tolerance means to have the heart open to all differences; it is the honorable attitude of receiving another's opinion in order to appreciate it;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/tolerance-means-to-have-the-heart-open-to-all-differences-it-is-the/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

> [Love should have no alternatives; love should be the sole reason for loving; love should spring of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-joaqu-n/love-should-have-no-alternatives-love-should-be-the-sole-reason-for/)

[Nick Joaquín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-joaqu-n/)

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