Excerpts from the book of Ricky Lee Sa buhay natin ay maraming pinto ang laging naghihintay na mabuksan. Isa sa pinakamahalagang pinto ay ang pinto ng pagkaunawa. Magkakabit lagi ang writing at ang buhay. Binabago ng pagkukuwento ang ating mga buhay at binabago ng mga buhay natin ang ating mga pagkukuwento. Lahat ng pagsubok ay oportunidad …
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Agaw-Tingin: Koleksiyon ng Nonfiction
Excerpts from the book of Ricky Lee Naging kontrobersiyal din ang estilong ito dahil hindi ina-italicize ni Ricky ang mga banyagang salita. Pero sa malawakang pananaw, hindi kaya na maganda nga na angkinin na ng Filipino sa lalong madaling panahon ang napakaraming salitang Ingles na totoo namang bahagi at palasak na pag-uusap ng mga Pilipino ngayon. …
The Metamorphosis
Excerpts from the book of Franz Kafka Was he an animal if music could captivate him so.
The Most Dangerous Game
Excerpts from the book of Richard Connell I hunt the scum of the earth—sailors from tramp ships—lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them.”
The Giver
Excerpts from the book of Lois Lowry Always better, less rude, to talk about things that were the same. What if they had all been instructed: You may lie? “Do you lie?” But he would have no way of knowing if the answer he received were true.
The Emperor’s Soul
Excerpts from the book of Brandon Sanderson “It doesn’t matter. No one will know what I’ve done. They will keep looking at the fake and be satisfied, so there’s no harm done.”
Of Mice and Men
Excerpts from the book of John Steinbeck “Well, Curley’s pretty handy,” the swamper said skeptically. “Never did seem right to me. S’pose Curley jumps a big guy an’ licks him. Ever’body says what a game guy Curley is. And s’pose he does the same thing and gets licked. Then ever’body says the big guy oughtta pick …
Surrounded by Idiots
Excerpts from the book of Thomas Erikson Everything you say to a person is filtered through his frames of reference, biases, and preconceived ideas. It may feel depressing knowing that you have so little control over what your listener understands. You simply can’t change how the listener functions. No matter what method you choose to communicate …
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Excerpts from the book of Leo Tolstoy The dead man lay, as dead men always lie, in a specially heavy way, his rigid limbs sunk in the soft cushions of the coffin, with the head forever bowed on the pillow. Very soon, within a year of his wedding, Ivan Ilych had realized that marriage, though it …
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Excerpts from the book of Haruki Murakami I detested the term only child. Every time I heard it I felt something was missing from me—like I wasn’t quite a complete human being. The phrase only child stood there, pointing an accusatory finger at me. “Something’s not quite all there, pal,” it told me In the world …