Nick Joaquin

Italic text== Nick Joaquin == Bibliography Nick Joaquin (born May 4, 1917, Paco, Manila, Philippines—died April 29, 2004, San Juan) was a Filipino novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and biographer whose works present the diverse heritage of the Filipino people. Joaquin was awarded a scholarship to the Dominican monastery in Hong Kong after publication of his essay “La Naval de Manila” (1943), a description of Manila’s fabled resistance to 17th-century Dutch invaders. After World War II he traveled to the United States, Mexico, and Spain, later serving as a cultural representative of the Philippines to Taiwan, Cuba, and China. Starting as a proofreader for the Philippines Free Press, Joaquin rose to contributing editor and essayist under the nom de plume “Quijano de Manila” (“Manila Old-Timer”). He was well known as a historian of the brief Golden Age of Spain in the Philippines, as a writer of short stories suffused with folk Roman Catholicism, as a playwright, and as a novelist. Joaquin wrote his works in English. Italic text https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nick-Joaquin Quotes "Identity is the history that has gone into bone and blood and reshaped the flesh. Identity is not what we were but what we have become what we are at this moment." ~ Nick Joaquín "The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity." ~ Nick Joaquín "The point is not how we use a tool, but how it uses us." ~ Nick Joaquín "Love should have no alternatives; love should be the sole reason for loving; love should spring of itself." ~ Nick Joaquín "The young look up to me as their feeder, said Alex. Well, they can go look for another trough. I'm through with this hogwash.Are liberal ideas hogwash?All ideas are hogwash, Jack.Don't you believe in anything anymore?Sure. I believe in God the Father of Nonsense, creator of Crap and Nonsense, is now and ever shall be Crap without end. Oh, oh, Jack, how we break our hearts trying to make sense of a world that's pure and utter crap. But if you ever come to where I am now, you'll be surprised and delighted to find out how little anything matters.You've begun to sound Christian, said Pocholo." ~ Nick Joaquín Italic textTOP 5 QUOTES BY NICK JOAQUíN | A-Z Quotes. (n.d.). A-Z Quotes. Reference https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nick-Joaquin