I will prove my innocence, ... I guarantee the Filipino people that I will be vindicated because the truth is on my side.

I hope that the truth shall eventually give me back my freedom.

Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship.

The truth will come out in the end.

Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution to follow.

There is only one government in the Philippines and that is how it will stay.

My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen.

Peace, ... is crucial, because my government aims to hasten Mindanao's development by transforming it into the country's food basket.

The downsides of globalization are indeed painful, ... But taking the bigger pills against its ills is superior to living inside a sterile bubble.

My term ends in June 2004 and I have no intention to change that.

I'm convinced I will be cleared of all these charges that were unfairly leveled against me.

Here, falling in love can be an event, a proclamation without acknowledging that everyone you love could die an awful death, that loving someone is an acceptance of impending loss.

It's never too late to come home, " he said, and pulled me gently, insistently toward him."All you have to do...is stop moving away.

Vera had also hated lipstick, Marzipan and Lutherans - excluding her husband, but not her late mother-in-law. Most of all she hated being governed by anyone or anything.

The power of music in Spanish is so strong, that I couldn't stay away from it any longer.

[Positive mental attitude] is a practice, you gotta practice. I practice being still.

I hate all that woozy political and psychotherapeutic crap applied to books and art.

Curran looked back at me. "Why is it you always attract creeps?" "You tell me." Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.

Was it that you wanted to pull my leg by transporting me to the frozen Himalayan heights of 'mahatmaship' and claiming for yourself absolution from having to follow my precepts?

For those who realize that everything is from God, everything is the same.

And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.