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I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

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What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

From Isabel Allende

On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And then, on a Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, we had the terrorist attack in the United States.

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I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.

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My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses.

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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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Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.

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In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.

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A memoir is an invitation into another person's privacy.

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I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them tell me the story. Sometimes I would love to have a happy ending, and it doesn't happen because the character or the story leads me in another direction.

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Isabel Allende

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