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" We want an inclusive and egalitarian civilization free of gender, race, class, and age discrimination, and any other classification that separates us. We want the kind of world where peace, empathy, decency, truth, and compassion prevail. Above all, we want a joyful world. That is what we, the good witches, want. It’s not a fantasy, it’s a project. Together we can achieve it. When the coronavirus crisis is over we will crawl from our lairs and cautiously enter a new normal, and the first thing we will do is hug one another in the streets. How we have missed touching people! We will cherish each encounter and tend kindly to the matters of the heart. "
― Isabel Allende , The Soul of a Woman
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" No, calladita no estás más guapa. Tú eres preciosa cuando luchas, cuando peleas por lo tuyo, cuando no te callas y tus palabras muerden, cuando abres la boca y todo arde a tu alrededor. No, calladita no estás más guapa, sino un poco más muerta, y si algo sé sobre ti es que no he visto a nadie, jamás, con tantas ganas de vivir. Gritando. MIGUEL GANE, «Arde» "
― Isabel Allende , The Soul of a Woman