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His lifetime was less than a fraction of a second in infinity. Or maybe he did not even exist maybe human beings, the planets, everything in Creation were a dream...an illusion. He smiled with humility when he remembered.
Isabel Allende
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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
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City of the Kings
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We don't have an explanation for everything that happens. We don't control almost anything. And if we are not open to that mystery, life becomes so small.
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Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me.
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My son, the Holy Church is on the right, but Jesus Christ was always on the left.
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The biggest straitjacket is all the prejudices that we carry around, and all the fears. But what if we just surrender to the fear? There are things greater than fear. The great, wonderful quality of human beings is that we can overcome even absolute terror, and we do.
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Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.
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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.
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I was born in the middle of World War II, the middle of the Holocaust I was born when there was no declaration of human rights, when feminism was not an issue, when children were working in factories. I mean, today's world is a better place!
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The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.
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At the most difficult moments of my life, when it seemed that every door was closed to me, the taste of those apricots comes back to comfort me with the notion that abundance is always within reach, if only one knows how to find it.
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My books are based on emotions, feelings, relationships. In these areas women are experts, so it's not strange that the main characters of my novels are females.
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In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this country. That is why it's so powerful in many ways, and so creative.
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In my lifetime, the world has become better, not worse. And the world is moving, very slowly but surely with more democracy and more liberal way of thinking, more inclusion and more diversity.
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Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.
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In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: No, no, no. You have to write a book with your husband.
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I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.
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Writing is a calling, not a choice.
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I need to remember to overcome.
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My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.
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How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?
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Feminism has never been sexy, but let me assure you that it never stopped me from flirting, and I have seldom suffered from lack of men.
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