"Ang parang bottom line dito love should not hurt. Love does not hurt. If it’s hurting you, it’s not love. Di ba? Love is supposed to heal you, love is supposed to comfort you, love is supposed to give you peace, love is supposed to give you security.."

"High tide or low tide?"

"I always loved writing down my thoughts. I think in my younger years, I just called it writing what I felt on paper. Now there is a better term, [journaling]."

"Our situation is temporary and in His perfect time, all will be well."

"He never promised a life without struggles but He did promise He would be with us as we are going through it. I wake up each morning and thank Him for a new day, another day I can be blessed, another day I can be a blessing, another day I can offer to Him, another day of hope and joy despite what we are going through."

"It may be a kind word you say to someone, a smile, a prayer for even those you don’t know. I am a spiritual person, but this pandemic has made me rely more on my faith and on my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."

"This situation has made me more appreciative of what I have, even of what I don’t. It has made me humble enough to ask for help when I need it. It’s okay to admit you can’t do it alone. We need each other."

"Age is truly just a number. We just need to be consistent with our workouts and eating healthy should be a habit."

"Our bodies change as we age, and we need to make adjustments."

"We are just trying to draw strength from each other and we are praying for God’s strength that we are able to go through this together."

"I don't know, by God's grace, by God's love. I take it a day at a time, which is the same thing I tell my children: 'Let's take it as a day at a time, there will be a day where it's okay, the next day where it's not okay, and it's okay. There is no shortcut to grief."

"I wouldn’t want to be 50 and look like 20. I want to be 50 but maybe look like 40. I mean, if you have a few gray hairs eh di few gray hairs, di ba? That’s natural naman. I think when you’re relaxed about your age, you age gracefully."

"If you're like the rest, nobody's gonna notice you."

""I was scared to go beyond, And I think, looking back, that mindset that I had, that notion that I had was wrong."

"I wanna change because I wanted to grow."

"I don't like disappointing people. I don't like creating enemies. I'm a people pleaser."

"Minsan lang magkaroon ng ( You only get) an opportunity once in your life, and if you're not gonna give it your all now, when is it gonna come back to you?"

"I get nervous because of experiences before, so when I come out on stage, I'm trying not to get stage fright. I must do it because it's work and it's also what I love to do."

"I believe I was born to make a difference to help people and encourage them. Parang (like) Emma Watson, I really wanna make a difference."

"Getting confused? This is normal, you’re trying to find out who you are, who your friends are, who are the people who will stick by your side."

"By being yourself when you're answering questions, you're able to answer truthfully. But if you're not yourself and you're pretending to be someone [else], that's when you get nervous."

"Be yourself, because that's the best you can be. It shows your uniqueness, how you're different from everybody else, and that will make you stand out."

"I know how it feels to be a regular teen girl. I'm proud that I'm able to make a difference to help other people out. That's really what I like doing."

"For me as a teen, there's so much going on, It makes us become who we're not. We are all unique, we are all different in our own way, and we can stand out and be beautiful on our own."

"Just because society creates this image in our minds that perfect is the new beautiful means that we have to follow that, We don't have to let that image in our head overtake our insecurities."

"Just because I'm a celebrity doesn't mean I was confident my whole life."

"Whether they like me or not, at least what they’re seeing is my most authentic self, and me trying my best to contribute something to society in a positive way."

"When I start becoming more honest, that’s when I start getting more hate. It felt like my most honest self isn’t worthy of this love, and attention, and appreciation from people. At all times, I’ve decided to be as honest and authentic as I can be, not only for myself but for the people watching me."

"Before, I would try to be as perfect as possible. I would never talk about anything negative. I was told not to talk about anything negative or talk about my real life and my struggles. That’s not reality, that’s not real. Nobody can sustain just by being happy, successful, busy or whatever all at once."

"To 4-year-old Hope, who's in the midst of a painful, upside-down world, just trying to stay a child, thank you. Thank you for staying determined and strong, for choosing to keep pushing ahead, to build a beautiful life worth living."

"Only weak people would respond to stories of pain with doubt and interrogation. Worst of all, some will even try to exploit your story for personal gain, responding to your pain with gossip and attention-seeking, making it a source of entertainment."

"Cruel people will try to discredit your story, they'll say you are exaggerating or being self-serving, don't mind them. Don't let them, only those with hardness in their hearts would discourage your voice."

"It is a privilege and honor to be able to share my experiences so that even just one little girl out there can feel encouraged to speak up."

"As an actress my job is to entertain, but as a public figure, my responsibility is to speak up on the things that matter, from a place that matters."

"My goal is to become my own person because for so many years, I was in a love team. I never was able to build up my own personal branding. I really wanna do with my career and personally finding out what excites me, what fuels my passion."

"I really wanna become an actress, a world-class actress."

"It should be an equal amount of time and effort and pushing for the same narrative and the same vision or values while also boosting up your individual brand, I think that's the way collaboration should be."

"I'm always grateful, thankful, and I am blessed to everybody that came into my life."

"Now that I had a taste of what collaborating feels like and being empowered to be creative and think outside the box, it's like I can't unsee it anymore, and that's the only way I wish to work."

"People told me they loved me, but then they would do the complete opposite of what you do when you love someone. So that’s why words don’t really mean anything to me. It’s all about action."

"When you're a kid, that's just what you do. You believe anything that an adult says because you think that they have their best interest for you."

"In the Philippines the only way to become a big star really — if you're not a singer, if you're an actor — is to be in a love team. It becomes this whole thing where your career and your personal life — the line between the two gets blurred. People just don’t know what reality is."

"Calling someone your best friend doesn't necessarily mean you are friend-zoning them."

"My heart bleeds for all the people who cannot afford not to go out and work. They literally have to choose between dying of starvation or dying of covid."

"I’ve embarked on a fresh new chapter and I’m finally taking control of my life, pursuing dreams that I’ve always had a hold off on. It’s exciting, it’s terrifying, it’s anxiety-filled, and it’s confusing. But what I know for sure is that for the first time, I’m finally living my life for me."

"Change cannot be just the responsibility of the people who need it most. They need the support of everyone, especially those of the highest power, if we are to see true change."

"When it comes to planning, I'm very nurturing, like a mother."

"Never expect anything, but plan for everything."