“You should not sorrow for that which was bound to happen. Those who are wise do not feel sorry over fate. Even with the greatest wisdom, that which is ordained will happen. No one can transgress the path that has been laid down. Time brings existence and non-existence, pleasure and pain. Time creates all elements and time destroys all beings. Time burns all subjects and it is time that extinguishes the fire. Time alone is awake when everything is asleep. Time cannot be conquered. Time walks in all elements, pervasive and impartial. Knowing that everything, past, present and future, is created by time, it is not appropriate that you should be consumed by grief.”

“Why hasn’t anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck,” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.”

“Highs and lows make you feel that things matter, but they’re nothing.”

“Nothing can dwindle to nothing, as Nature restores one thing from the stuff of another, nor does she allow a birth, without a corresponding death.”

“The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn’t want to be used by anybody.”

“If we never take any risks, we’ll never fully experience what life offers to us in its entirety.”

“TANDAAN: mahirap mafriendzone, pero madali lang gumanti!”

“My story was not the story of a girl’s broken dreams: it was the story of a girl who couldn’t be broken.”

“Life is a jungle, and we may not always have a map for it. Sometimes, it is for the bestto get lost and make a house of hope in the middle of nowhere and let the sky and the stars lead you wherever your soul desires.Hope itself is light enough to illuminate the dark paths.”

“The kiss originated when the first male reptile licked the first female reptile, implying in a subtle way that she was as succulent as the small reptile he had for dinner the night before.”

“Never say no when you really want to say yes.”

“We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment. ”

“Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.”

“…ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the writer. That’s finesse.”