Don’t say Fili, sister. Say Pili. In Tagalog, pili means to choose. Pino means fine. Pilipino equals ‘fine choice.

Obligasyon kong maglayag, karapatan kong pumunta sa kung saan ko gusto, responsibilidad ko ang buhay ko.

Ang lalakeng nakikinig sa magulang, masunurin. Ang babaeng nakikinig sa magulang, baka maging old maid

Nakalimutan na ng tao ang kabanalan n’ya, na mas marami pa s’yang alam kesa sa nakasulat sa Transcript of Records n’ya, mas marami pa s’yang kayang gawin kesa sa nakalista sa resume n’ya, at mas...

Kung hindi malaya ang bagay na may buhay, dapat man lang sana ay malawak ang kinalalagyan nito,” sabi ko.”Pero kulungan parin ang kulungan, gaano man ito kalaki,” sagot n’ya.

I lived in a big bunkhouse of thirty farm workers with Leroy, who was a stranger to me in many ways because he was always talking about unions and unity. But he had a way...

He was the old breed of Filipino, almost extinct, who required that he deserve what he received; who would feel guilt, not only shame or embarrassment; who accounted for each day in the office and...

The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity.

Before 1521 we could have been anything and everything not Filipino; after 1565 we can be nothing but Filipino.

I say I have Spanish in me, but I’m not just Spanish. I’m proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.

Ang relationship, parang flappy bird…Hindi mo ito pwedeng basta-basta nalang bitawan.

Me quota ang pag-ibig. Sa bawat limang umiibig, isa lang ang magiging maligaya. Ang iba, iibig sa di sila iniibig. Iibig nang di natututo. O iibig sa wala. O di iibig kailanman.