"I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan..."
- José Rizal
"How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra."Almost seven years.""Then you have probably forgotten all about it.""Quite the contrary. Even if my country does seem to have forgot..."
"We are all 'foreigners' to [the remainder of: the human race minus our countrymen]."
- Mokokoma Mokhonoana