“Time curses all, I thought, except the truth.”

“Time cures all, I thought, except the truth.”

“In the haunted shade of the Ateneo, her hands wrote a curse on my skin that was to hound me for years.”

“I left the apartment without even bothering to close the door behind me. Once outside, I faced a world of buildings and faces that seemed strange and distant. I started to walk aimlessly, oblivious to the cold and the rain-filled wind that was starting to lash the town with the breath of a curse.”

“There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.”

“This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.”

“[Alcohol] cures everything, except for stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.”