“He tells me that Filipinos are in jail because we Americans want a better world for ourselves. It's America that gives ammunitions to the dictator. He says, Your corporations can do whatever they want here as long as our government… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“Rely on no one. Depend on no one for your happiness. I am declaring my independence. I am establishing a republic unto myself. I… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
Love is a fragile, useless thing. It decomposes easily in the tropic heat. — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“... it's pointless to think in moral terms when everything is permissible. We have become the people we detest. We have lost the capacity… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
Forgetting: that, too, was the heart's slow way of healing, but it could only be done alone. Love and loss turns us into the… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“Let me be the first to say that I know the name for everything and if I don’t I’ll make them up: dukkha, naufragio,… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“People who think they have the full support of God, any god, think they're invincible. They will do anything and not even think twice… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“Even dictators become dictators because somehow, deep in their hearts, they believe they've been chosen to save the world. Everyone is chosen. There lies… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“Because you brand our tongues with silence. Because you watch us in fear, even while we sing.” — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“I deny the fact that when I kill time, time is actually killing me” — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“I love the excesses of beauty, there is never enough sunlight in the world I will live in, never enough room for love.” — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“Then she decided she was ready to die. But before she did, she asked the poets to record these moments in song, and the… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“America: the name itself is synonymous with imperialism - you've taken the name of two entire continents & claimed it as your own, &… — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
