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Doreen Fernandez' foreword to "Rizal Without the Overcoat": His essays remind us that history need not and should not be relegated to schoolbooks and classrooms, where it often becomes a set of names and dates to memorize and spew out on test papers. History is a living and lively account of what we were and are; it could and should be as real to each of us as stories about family or about recent and past events.. If all of that makes us understand humanity better, so does history make us understand ourselves, and our country infinitely better, in the context of our culture and our society. ↗

— Ambeth R. Ocampo

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If everyone could feel as I felt at that moment, dressed in my preppy sweater and McGregor coat and about to set out on a little journey with my Bambi-eyed girlfriend on Christmas Eve, all conflicts in the world would vanish. Mellow smiles would rule the earth. ↗

— Ryū Murakami

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Break ups aren't fair. Why does only one person have power? We both agreed to start dating. Why do you get to make the decision to end it? Shouldn't it be a joint decision too? Relationships aren't a democracy. Not everyone gets an equal vote. ↗

— Alyssa Rose Ivy

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We have better relationships with those who truly seek us rather than those sitting on the couch watching us move mountains trying to prove ourselves. ↗

— Criss Jami

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You can never please everybody, don't even try. ↗

— Stella Oladiran

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So at family gatherings… I try to stick to the acceptable script. Indeed, I discover that the less I say, the happier everyone seems to be with me. I sometimes wonder if I wouldn’t have been better off as a paraplegic or afflicted by some tragic form of cancer. The invisibility and periodicity of my disorder, along with how often I border on normalcy, allows them to evade my need for their understanding. And because our most enduring family heirloom is avoidance and denial of pain and suffering, I don’t need much prompting to shut myself down in their presence. ↗

— Kiera Van Gelder

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If a boy doesn't respect his mother...run! ↗

— Tracy Yates

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I’d rather straighten my pubes with a flat iron than go on another blind date. ↗

— Stephanie McAfee

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What I personally knew about courting women could comfortably fit into a thimble without taking it off your finger first. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

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..."Dont marry an orange and expect him to turn into an apple." If you want an orange, great. If not, put him back in the proverbial fruit bowl for someone else to enjoy and move on. ↗

— Amy E. Spiegel

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