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Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.

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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Death
Fascination
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Heroism
Persons
Badly
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Appeals
Leads
Early
Fanatics
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Unhealthy

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Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.
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if we don't begin by imagining the perfect society, how shall we create one?
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No complaining about how hard it is to write, we are all so, so lucky to write, to sit down, inside, and write words on paper. There is no greater freedom, no greater good, nothing that brings more joy.
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