"Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. A constant reminder to the rich that there is another side to life."

-- Arlene J. Chai

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“It's really exciting. It's really exciting when you do a piece of work, and people like it, and it gets noticed.”
“If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or i'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.”
“In the life of everyone there is a limited number of experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with a die; and in the long years after, they can be called up in detail, and every emotion that was stirred by them can be lived through anew; these are the tragedies of life.”

Source : Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Lydia Maria Child (2017). “Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels: The Underground Railroad, Memoirs of Frederick Douglass, 12 Years a Slave, Uncle Tom's Cabin, History of Abolitionism, Lynch Law, Civil Rights Acts, New Amendments and much more”, p.1455, e-artnow
“Stop telling yourself that dreams don't matter, that they are only dreams and that you should be more sensible.”
“I have a really powerful urge to see things work.”
“I have a horrible memory and I used to consider that a liability, but I've learned along the way that talking to people is really a beautiful thing.”
“It should begin with friendship, I think. Suddenly I cannot look at him. It should begin with friendship and truly knowing who a person is, knowing his flaws and hopes and strengths and fears, knowing all of it. And admiring and caring for- loving the person because of all of those things... I know that now.”
“At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.”

Source : Rose Macaulay (1926). “A Casual Commentary”

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