"Lysley Tenorio is a writer of sly wit and lively inventionâ€”these are stories bursting with wonders (from monster movies and leper colonies, to faith-healers and superheroes)â€”but most wondrous of all is his intimate sense of character. Each story is a confession of love betrayed, told with a mournful, austere tenderness as heartbreaking as it is breathtaking."

-- Peter Ho Davies

#Character Quotes #Love Is Quotes #Superhero Quotes

“The Chinese are good at repression and can be pretty ruthless about it.”
“[Barack Obama] is aware of the criticism back home [from Cuba] that this embargo still exists.”

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“It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.”
“When I work out, I wear two in-the-ear hearing aids for comfort, and then I wear the behind-the-ears for my day-to-day non-physical activities, when I need maximum hearing and to communicate with people and do interviews!”
“Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.”
“I try to tell people that just because you're buff and cut doesn't mean you're healthy.”
“24,000 people, 18,000 of them children, die every day because of hunger. Each year we bring food to nearly 90 million people in more than 80 countries. Food - there's no greater gift, and no better way to give it than the World Food Programme.”
“I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.”

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