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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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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
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Write what should not be forgotten.
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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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You spend the first part of your life collecting things ... and the second half getting rid of them.
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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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I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.
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I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me on the screen. Then when the whole story is told, I print it, wait a week and read it.
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I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.
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I'm such a control freak. I want to control even my own death. Decide when I will die and how.
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