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F. Sionil Jose has 58 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs,…
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In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They were also…
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own,…
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You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often said, the…
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their…
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of…
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A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant…
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This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the…
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Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest of the…
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I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.
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Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Under our thatch, friend, place shall abide for you, touch but the latch, friend, the door will swing wide for you!
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Neath tile or thatch That man is rich Who has a scratch For every itch.
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit…
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…Forgive us, O Lord, we acknowledge ourselves as type of the common man, Of the men and women who shut the door…
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The bristling eyebrows shot up in mock surprise. Mesmerized, the boy watched them disappear under the hanging thatch of white hair. There,…
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I was born in an Ilokano village called Cabugawan. Most of the houses in it were roofed with thatch, pan-aw, a species…
— F. Sionil Jose
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You would see people going back to homes that had been burned, putting thatch over their structures again. They still couldn't leave…
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