“ Take me to unexplored paradise & one of your best islands, I want to cross the pacific ocean and make a great memory. Let's go to the eastern coast of the Philippines where the waves meet the sky. You… El Fuego
“ There's pearl of the orient seas but it happens to be also a pearl of orient corruptions. Angelica Hopes
“ Inevitably, though, there will always be a significant part of the past which can neither be burnt nor banished to the soothing limbo of forgetfulness— myself. I was and still am that same ship which… Luisa A. Igloria
“ Most people don’t get their soul mates in their designated lifetime or if ever they do, they let them go. It doesn’t matter to me who you are, who you love, as long as they love you back. That is what… C.J. Edmunds
“ Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country? Ambeth R. Ocampo
“ Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid mind the guises can be torn away and in the end, duty becomes but one, and that duty is to value… F. Sionil Jose'
“ We soon fall asleep in each other’s arms, knowing to myself that I captured her, like a prisoner in a cage. Fernando Lachica
“ From my keen observation, it is a very sad fact that the Philippines’ current administration's drug war crisis has fully pressed the pedal of acceleration to more division, hatred, cycles of violence… Angelica Hopes
“ The obscenities of this country are not girls like you. It is the poverty which is obscene, and the criminal irresponsibility of the leaders who make this poverty a deadening reality. The obscenities… F. Sionil Jose'
“ We want the happiness of the Philippines, but we want to obtain it through noble and just means. If I have to commit villainy to make her happy, I would refuse to do so, because I am sure that what is… Jose Rizal
“ As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct. Ambeth R. Ocampo
“ I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan… Jose Rizal
“ In my view, leadership is the courage to take risks in defense of a position that is both legal and moral. The politician who tries to become a wise guy by becoming friends to everybody - corrupt or n… Miriam Defensor Santiago
