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It's going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at all pessimistic about this.

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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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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