“Utang na loob: a debt from within. From the heart. It is a debt you did not ask for and will never pay off but must always try to. It is gratitude for the ancestors who brought you into existence, for the family who raised you, for the community who helped you in ways direct and indirect, visible and invisible. It is acknowledgment that none of us are alone.”
― Randy Ribay, Everything We Never Had
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Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
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Love is a War Song by Danica Nava
“Love is not a perfect melody that only happens when all the right notes and rhythms present themselves. Love is a war song, a battle cry. Something to fight for. And I would fight for us.”
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My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
“People are grief vampires. They just want to suck on your sorrow, feed on your fear, and feast on your failures. It makes them feel better about themselves.”
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The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens
“You cover your eyes with your hands and think that the problem will go away. To say that you do not care about politics is to be a man adrift on the ocean who says that he does not care about water.”
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This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
“The right book in the hands of the right person at exactly the right moment can change their life forever.”
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― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You