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That is the best part of writing: finding the hidden treasures, giving sparkle to worn out events, invigorating the tired soul with imagination, creating some kind of truth with many lies.

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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 with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.
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Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment.
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