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I've always been interested in foreign relations. It's my belief that study of history should be our preparation for understanding the present rather than an escape from it.

Elizabeth Kostova

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Elizabeth Kostova
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 26
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New London
Connecticut
Elizabeth Johnson Kostova
Always
Relation
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Present
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Relations
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Preparation
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Escape
History
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Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new language can move, coil, swim into life under the eyes, the almost savage leap of comprehension, the instantaneous, joyful release of meaning, the way the words shed their printed bodies in a flash of heat and light.
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He brought his great hand to rest on an early edition of Bram Stoker's novel and smiled, but said nothing. Then he moved quietly away into another section.
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