Dean Francis Alfar

“Love is a choice, not a matter of destiny. It is a choice renewed each day.”

“There is a reason why past is past.”

“..love was destined and would strike as true as unexpected lightning on a clear day or never come at all." -Jacinta, with love”

“The first two things Gaudencio Rivera was made aware of--within hours of arriving by carabao-drawn cart at the secluded town of Tagbaoran on the island province of Palawan--were these: that the most beautiful woman in creation dwelt by the river, and that it was pointless to even dream of being loved by her.”