This book gave me back the passionate optimism of my youth. This young generation of women will have a tremendous impact on the future.
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one of those unforgettable stories that stays with you for years.Isabel Allende
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
What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.
Isabel Allende
Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.
Isabel Allende
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 don't want or they cannot feed.
Isabel Allende
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