Quote by Isabel Allende
The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut

The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldnt find a place for myself, for years and years. – Isabel Allende

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Im aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. – Isabel Allende

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Dreams
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Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor – they have children that they dont want or they cannot feed. – Isabel Allende

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Marriage
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I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist – although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. – Isabel Allende

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Age
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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the childs tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. Its not funny and its not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isnt the least bit funny. – Ben Stein

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Experience

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. – Margaret Fuller

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Experience

Experience is a great teacher. – John Legend

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Experience

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we cant come up with real lasting solutions! – Margaret J. Wheatley

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Experience

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Youd have to think that youre at least decent, or you couldnt get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good. – Martin Mull

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You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it. – Robert Benchley

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I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a part of life for which you are the explanation. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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A curse on every wish that blurs the sight, paralyzes the tongue, cramps the hand, and prevents the truth being seen, said, and written. – Theodor Haecker

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