“There is nothing like the land you belong to claiming you back. But everywhere the earth is the same. -Old David” — F. Sionil José Nature Copy Share Image
“Indeed time has that ultimate capacity to render the passions of the past when recalled in the present as no more than… — F. Sionil José Time Copy Share Image
Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste… — F. Sionil Jose Birth Copy Share Image
We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it. — F. Sionil José Books Copy Share Image
I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of… — F. Sionil Jose China Copy Share Image
Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral. — F. Sionil Jose Always Copy Share Image
In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom. — F. Sionil Jose End 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
Life is always sad. That's what makes suicide so tempting because life is all that we really have and haven't. Death makes… — F. Sionil José Death 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
“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
All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals… — F. Sionil Jose Cathedrals Copy Share Image
Colonialism subdues in many dulcet guises. It conquered under the pretext of spreading Christianity, civilization, law and order, to make the world… — F. Sionil Jose Christianity Copy Share Image
November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and… — F. Sionil José Christmas Copy Share Image
“No stranger can come battering down my door and say he brings me light. This I have within me. -Istak” — F. Sionil José 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
“It is the heart which dictates, which rules, which lets us live and die.” — F. Sionil José Live and die Copy Share Image
Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich. — F. Sionil Jose Class Copy Share Image
I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is… — F. Sionil José Abstract 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 Darkness 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 José Bureaucracy Copy Share Image
“Conquest by force is not sanctioned by God. The Americans have no right to be here. We will defeat them because we… — F. Sionil José God Created Copy Share Image
You can't have integrity for breakfast, but try and keep it because it is perhaps the single most important word that defines… — F. Sionil Jose Because Copy Share Image
The ethnic differences among Filipinos are very real. The paucity of arable land, for instance, explains the industry of the Ilokanos and… — F. Sionil Jose Among Copy Share Image
