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When love exists, nothing else matters, not life’s predicaments, not the fury of the years, not a physical winding down or scarcity of opportunity.

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
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Physical
Opportunity
Else
Predicaments
Nothing
Winding
Matter
Scarcity
Years
Fury
Love
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Life
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