"Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his……" — F. Sionil Jose
"Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues."
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58 Quotes by F. Sionil Jose
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- My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
- Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on…
- You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often…
- Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct.…
- Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
- I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the…
- A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they…
- This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how…
- Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest…
- I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in…
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