Isabel Allende

"The world starts to exist, for Americans, when we are in conflict with a place. And then all of a sudden, Afghanistan pops up on the TV screen and it becomes a place. And it exists for three weeks and then it disappears into thin air."

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Source: Interview with Laura Flanders, www.counterpunch.org. June 06, 2003.

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Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende is a Chilean author known for her poignant novels that explore themes of love, loss, and resilience, particularly in 'The House of the Spirits.'

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"It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others."

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