“There is so much that the past can teach us. -The Cripple” — F. Sionil José Cripple Copy Share Image
“Why do people betray their brothers and eventually themselves? -The Cripple” — F. Sionil José Betray Copy Share Image
My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little. — F. Sionil Jose History Copy Share Image
Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich. — F. Sionil Jose Class Copy Share Image
What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition. — F. Sionil Jose Actor Copy Share Image
Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face. — F. Sionil José Faces Copy Share Image
What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize. — F. Sionil Jose Books Copy Share Image
“It is more difficult for the poor to be virtuous. -The Cripple” — F. Sionil José Cripple Copy Share Image
I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself. — F. Sionil Jose Bored Copy Share Image
“When I see justice sold to the highest bidder I remember Tio Baldo and how he had lost. So honesty then and… — F. Sionil José Honesty Copy Share Image
“How can we build trust among our own people? How can we make them confident of themselves and their countrymen so that… — F. Sionil José Trust Copy Share Image
I said that if I were an industrialist or entrepreneur, I would invest in agriculture-based enterprises, for there is so much that… — F. Sionil Jose Business Copy Share Image
“If you loved someone for many years, you become instinctively aware of his feelings, even divine his thoughts and anticipate his actions,… — F. Sionil José Loved Years Copy Share Image
Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just… — F. Sionil José Accepted Copy Share Image
The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of… — F. Sionil Jose Also Copy Share Image
We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even… — F. Sionil Jose Art Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their… — F. Sionil Jose Alone Copy Share Image
We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we… — F. Sionil Jose Able Copy Share Image
A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompson’s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics… — F. Sionil José Biographies Copy Share Image
I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap… — F. Sionil José Believe Copy Share Image
I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad… — F. Sionil Jose Am Copy Share Image
From antiquity, Latin died but is still studied in seminaries and elite universities. So did Sanskrit in Asia. iI was replaced by… — F. Sionil Jose Ancient Copy Share Image
“Now listen...You are young and you don't know many things, but do remember this: you are alone in this earth. Alone. You… — F. Sionil José Cruel world Copy Share Image
“We do not conquer life, no one can conquer what one cannot define, but at least it is there and it is… — F. Sionil José Conquer Copy Share Image
“We will love her, protect her, all of us--Bisaya, Tagalog, Ilokano, so many islands, so many tribes--because if we act as one,… — F. Sionil José Love Protect Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you look at yourself in the mirror, any mirror, and you wonder why that nose looks as it does, or those… — F. Sionil José Mirror Copy Share Image
The obscenities of this country are not girls like you. It is the poverty which is obscene, and the criminal irresponsibility of… — F. Sionil José Country Copy Share Image
“But God, I don’t doubt You. I can see You in the morning, in the dew on the grass. Should I worship… — F. Sionil José Long ago Copy Share Image
“We go from one darkness to another and in between, the hidden light of the world, of knowledge. We open our eyes… — F. Sionil José Brothers Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in the world which an artist cannot recreate into something poetic, ennobling. And why do we read these things?… — F. Sionil José Art Copy Share Image
In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom. — F. Sionil Jose End Copy Share Image
Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life. — F. Sionil Jose Abound Copy Share Image
I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941. — F. Sionil Jose Broke Copy Share Image
