“At six a.m., I reach New York. In the east, sky-crapers rise, more awesome than the sun itself.”

“We tried poetry. We tried love.”

“At ang parteng iyon ang masakit, brad... iyong alam mong nasa iyo na ang lahat para lumigaya ka ay hindi ka pa rin maligaya.”

“Pag di mo na nadarama'ng mga kapakinabangan ng buhay at ang buhay ay wala nang kapakinabangan sa'yo, dapat ka nang mamatay. 'Yong pinakamabuting maaaring mangyari sa'yo, sa gano'ng kalagayan.”

“It is the experience of those who have had to do with the various peoples of the Far East that it is easier to understand the Korean and get close to him than it is to understand either the Japanese or the Chinese.”

“The link between extreme weather and global warming has as much scientific basis as the pagan rite of human sacrifice to ensure a good harvest."--Extreme Weather & Superstition, New York Post, December 10, 2012”

“Blue sky beyond barbed wire I wish I were sky.”