Gina Apostol

Quotes

• “I write in English because your country raped mine.”
• “The essence of a country like the Philippines is that it seems to exist in translation—a series of textual mediations must be unraveled in order to reveal who or what it is.”
• “The Philippines... has made art in English from seeds of violence.”
• “We never see ourselves as others see us. Even in the mirror, we see ourselves backward.”

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