"We read because they teach us about people,……" — F. Sionil José
"We read because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them,in their problems.And by seeing ourselves in them, we clarify ourselves, we explain ourselves to ourselves, so we can live with ourselves..."
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F. Sionil José
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19 Quotes by F. Sionil José
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A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompson’s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of…
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I write to please myself—of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I…
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Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the…
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November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to…
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I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or…
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Life is holy and it is for all of us. God's design, I cannot understand myself and I never will,…
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We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.
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The obscenities of this country are not girls like you. It is the poverty which is obscene, and the criminal…
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Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving…
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Sometimes we have to lie so that we do not needlessly hurt others. The important thing is that we are…
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Life is always sad. That's what makes suicide so tempting because life is all that we really have and haven't.…
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Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually…
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