"There is no such thing as children’s literature."

"They ain’t been here long ’nough. They just barely human. Maybe not even. They suck up the world, don’t taste it."

"The intimacy of her mother’s hands and the warmth of the water lulled the Girl into a trance of sensuality she never …"

"Only frustrated people smoke too much and only lonely people are frustrated."

"I can never get a zipper to close."

"I didn't think I'd be true to a man again as long as I lived..."

"“Regional literature is not peripheral—it is central to understanding the diversity and richness of Philippine culture.”"

"remember the past (so as not to be) condemned to repeat it,"