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# Dean Francis Alfar

(1969)   Playwright

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Dean Francis Alfar is a playwright.

## Quick Facts About Dean Francis Alfar

Born January 2, 1969

Profession Playwright

## About Dean Francis Alfar

Filipino playwright, novelist, and writer of speculative fiction... \| Dean Francis Alfar, is a Filipino playwright, novelist and writer of speculative fiction. His plays have been performed in venues across the country, while his articles and fiction have been published both in his native Philippines and abroad, such as in Strange Horizons, Rabid Transit, The Year's B

##  Quotes by Dean Francis Alfar

> [“There is a reason why past is past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-francis-alfar/there-is-a-reason-why-past-is-past/)

[Dean Francis Alfar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-francis-alfar/)

[Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/dean-francis-alfar-70607_inspirational_there-is-a-reason-why-past-is-past-25253_252533.jpg)

> [“Love is a choice, not a matter of destiny. It is a choice renewed each day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-francis-alfar/love-is-a-choice-not-a-matter-of-destiny-it-is-a-choice-renewed-each/)

[Dean Francis Alfar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-francis-alfar/)

[Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/dean-francis-alfar-70607_choice_love-is-a-choice-not-a-matter-of-destiny_447347.jpg)

> [“..love was destined and would strike as true as unexpected lightning on a clear day or never come at all." -Jacinta, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-francis-alfar/love-was-destined-and-would-strike-as-true-as-unexpected-lightning-on/)

[Dean Francis Alfar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-francis-alfar/)

[Clear day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clear-day/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/dean-francis-alfar-70607_love_love-was-destined-and-would-strike-as-tr_1420265.jpg)

> [“The first two things Gaudencio Rivera was made aware of--within hours of arriving by carabao-drawn cart at the secluded town of Tagbaoran…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-francis-alfar/the-first-two-things-gaudencio-rivera-was-made-aware-of-within-hours/)

[Dean Francis Alfar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-francis-alfar/)

[Beautiful woman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-woman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/dean-francis-alfar-70607_beautiful-woman_the-first-two-things-gaudencio-rivera-wa_3212812.jpg)

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