“Hindi lahat ng bagong yugto ay madali. Pero kung hindi ngayon, kailan pa?” (Not every new chapter is easy. But if not now, then when?)

Angelito finds his father in a cramped shanty by the river. Mang Lito doesn’t recognize him at first.

“Hindi totoo ‘yan. Nakikita ko sa mata mo — hindi ka masaya.” (That’s not true. I see it in your eyes — you’re not happy.)