"There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain."
"They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another."
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Source: Author Isabel Allende. Tell Tavis with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. May 12, 2010.
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