Tomana Rosales Quotes

I don't know," Mark said, looking down at his own long pale fingers tangled in the little boy's brown curls. "He just – Julian left, and Tavvy fell asleep on my lap."
He sounded amazed, wondering.
"Of course he did," Cristina said. "He's your brother. He trusts you."
"Nobody trusts a Hunter," Mark said. ~ Cassandra Clare

He can touch your soul. And there is a difference between having your heart break and having your soul shatter. ~ Cassandra Clare

When a decision like that is made by a government, it emboldens those who are already prejudiced to speak their deepest thoughts of hate. They assume they are simply brave enough to say what everyone really thinks. ~ Cassandra Clare

That's not the spirit of the law, Emma. Remember? The Law is hard, but it is the Law."
"I thought it was 'the Law is annoying, but it is also flexible. ~ Cassandra Clare

Helping him would be a true betrayal of my father."
"If you don't help, then it will be a true betrayal of your brother," said Cristina. "Sometimes you cannot be loyal to everyone. ~ Cassandra Clare

Intentions are nothing ~ Cassandra Clare

No one is ever the villain of their own story. ~ Cassandra Clare

Christina flashed a smile. "I shall ask a million questions of your purply-eyed so that Diana doesn't think about you and Julian or whether you might be at Mr. Rook's."
I'm not sure he's a mister," Emma said, stifling a yawn. "I've never heard anyone call him anything but 'hey, Rook' or sometimes 'that bastard. ~ Cassandra Clare

Those who cannot love do not understand it ~ Cassandra Clare

This is the nature of having of a soul, Kieran, and a heart. We all stumble around in the dark and we cause each other pain and we try to make up for it the best we can. We are all confused. ~ Cassandra Clare

He always wanted to play video games," said Emma. "I hate video games."
"No one is perfect, Emma."
"But some people are perfect for each other. Don't you think that has to be true? ~ Cassandra Clare

That is not love. That is debt. ~ Cassandra Clare

It is unusual," said Cristina, "for a revolution to call for fewer rights for people, not more. ~ Cassandra Clare

Each Failure is like a violent slap across the face with a lecture of waking up and once again striving from the very bottom with dedication, discipline and sacrifice. ~ Ricardo Rosales Contreras

Are you, then, the god of white people, and if we who are brown worship You, do we receive your blessings as white men do?

I pray that You be not white, that You be without color and that You be in all men because goodness cannot be encased only in white. ~ F. Sionil Jose

Cristina, of all the people I know, you're the most generous, and you spend the most time thinking about what makes other people happy. I think you should do whatever makes you happy. You deserve it. ~ Cassandra Clare

The bad things can't matter more than the good things ~ Cassandra Clare

Life is fundamentally sad, I think. But it's what makes the happy moments really happy. ~ Ian Rosales Casocot

My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame. ~ F. Sionil Jose