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 …

- F. Sionil José

I write to please myself—of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I write for my countrymen, that they may be lift…

- F. Sionil José

Perhaps, this is what love has always been, whether it is for a woman of for a cause -- the readiness to give and not ask for anything in return, the…

- F. Sionil José

You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in the end, our worst enemy is ourselves

- F. Sionil José

Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face.

- F. Sionil José

We compromise ourselves the day we are born. If we are looking for the original sin, there it is- our incapacity to live honestly with ourselves beca…

- F. Sionil José

Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving.

- F. Sionil José

When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.

- F. Sionil José

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…

- F. Sionil José