No. But suffering does. For three centuries, you have been a form without substance – a Filipino face on a Spanish slave’s body.
(slams the ruby on the table) Ask? You will ask the friars? The same men who whip your countrymen and call it charity? El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21 Script
He taught me that force begets only more force. or will you drown?
(Isagani opens the pouch. Inside is a small, jagged piece of lead – a bullet.) El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21 Script
And love? Has love ever stopped a firing squad? (He walks to the window, opens it to the rain.) The rain will fall whether you are good or evil. The question is: will you build a dam, or will you drown?