Paz Verdades Santos

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

""We cannot lay the blame on our authors for our incompetence and negligence. Imagine, taking the creators of our culture to task because we are intellectually lazy and have abandoned something which is supposed to be an intrinsic part of us”"

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