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I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the Republican Party as the vehicle for modern American conservative ideas, survives with Donald Trump.

Isabel Allende

Before I start writing, before I have an idea of where and when the story happens, I research it thoroughly.

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You spend the first part of your life collecting things. . . and the second half getting rid of them.

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Every person is born with a talent, and happiness depends on discovering that talent in time.

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

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Reading is like looking through several windows which open to an infinite landscape. . . . For me life without reading would be like being in prison, it would be as if my spirit were in a straightjacket; life would be a very dark and narrow place.

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