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I try desperately to conquer the transitory nature of my existence, to trap moments before they evenesce, to untangle the confusion of my past. Every instant disappears in a breath and immediately becomes the past reality is ephemeral and changing, pure longing.

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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How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.
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The fear is not real, Dil Bahadur it is only in your mind, like all other things. Our thoughts form what we believe to be reality.
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Boredom, Timothy Duane assured me, is nothing more than anger without passion.
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I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me.
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We only appreciate what we have when we lose it.
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My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.
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Do you truly believe that life is fair, Senor de la Vega? -No, maestro, but I plan to do everything in my power to make it so.
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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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The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!
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In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength.
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Give, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having stories if I don't tell them to others? Of having wealth if I don't share it? I don't intend to be cremated with any of it! It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.
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