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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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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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For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men. – Isabel Allende

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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. – Isabel Allende

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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. – Benjamin Disraeli

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The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become ones key to the experience of others. – James A. Baldwin

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