{"author":"Dean Francis Alfar","author_id":"Dean+Francis+Alfar","total_quotes":3,"quotes":[{"text":"One of the best ways to recharge is by simply being in the presence of art. No thoughts, no critiques. Just full-on absorption mode.","author":"Dean Francis Alfar","tags":["art","recharge"],"id":3796,"author_id":"Dean+Francis+Alfar"},{"text":"When I look at myself in the mirror, I wonder where everything has gone. Even the things I used to remember with so much clarity now seem dimmer. What happens to memory when it vanishes? What happens to events when everyone who remembers them ceases to remember?","author":"Dean Francis Alfar","tags":["memory","mirror","remember","self","time","vanish"],"id":293336,"author_id":"Dean+Francis+Alfar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Dean Francis Alfar","tags":["philippine-fiction","romance"],"id":303743,"author_id":"Dean+Francis+Alfar"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}