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Just as Daniel Balalcazar said, it makes no sense to suffer in advance a misfortune that may never occur.
Isabel Allende
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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
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City of the Kings
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His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.
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I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.
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So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote herself completely to the struggle for women's suffrage. She was not aware that such a sacrifice would not be necessary, and that she would marry a man for love who would back her up in her political goals.
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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.
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In my private circle I am a mother, grandmother, wife, friend, daughter... the success means nothing to my small tribe.
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This is to assuage our conscience, darling she would explain to Blanca. But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need chartiy they need justice.
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