Quotes by : F. Sionil José

Only with steadfast memories can we now be strong so as to undo the mistakes of the past, to begin anew....

There is nothing in the world which an artist cannot recreate into something poetic, ennobling. And why....

Shit!" I shouted at him. "Now listen, my friend. The youth have no role. They have no jobs. They have....

Ubi boni, malum prosperat (Where good men are silent, evil prospers)

...the mind can also be kind and does blot out those episodes of our existence that we can't erase in....

Literature suffers because writers give their books to colleagues who will then write glowing reviews....

I was shocked at the revelation of her vaulting ambition, her greed. I should have loathed her or, knowing....

You will be surprised how much punishment the human body can take, if there is enough will - or faith.....

Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid....

We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.