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I need to tell a story. It's an obsession. Each story is a seed inside of me that starts to grow and grow, like a tumor, and I have to deal with it sooner or later.

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
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Screenwriter
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City of the Kings
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He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.
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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 success occurs in a place outside of me, and doesn't touch me on an intimate level. I live in my own skin, I have not changed greatly, I remain the same woman.
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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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Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment.
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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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Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.
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...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst.
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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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There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.
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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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