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You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.

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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far away from my country I would be like those trees they chop down at Christmastime, those poor rootless pines that last a little while and then die.
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I seek truth and beauty in the transparency of an autumn leaf, in the perfect form of a seashell on the beach, in the curve of a woman's back, in the texture of an ancient tree trunk, but also in the elusive forms of reality.
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My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses.
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I have a very acute sense of place and time, so all of my stories are rooted in a place and a time.
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I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
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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.
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Most people feel younger than their age, but the culture values youth, success, beauty, productivity. There is no space in this culture for older people.
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Writing is a calling, not a choice.
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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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Youth is not a period in life but a state of mind.
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Affection is like the noonday sun it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.
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All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them.
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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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Someone has said that conversation is sex for the soul.
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if we don't begin by imagining the perfect society, how shall we create one?
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And I am not one of those women who trips twice over the same stone.
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