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Elena

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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)

by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)

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Лампёшка

by Annet Schaap (Goodreads Author)

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Моя любимая страна

by Elena Kostyuchenko

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Elena’s Quotes

“Le dije, en resumen, todas las locuras que nunca le hubiera dicho si pudiera oírme y que nunca he vuelto a decir a ninguna mujer.”
― Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus

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“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: eating-reading

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“She awoke from a long childhood in which she had always been protected and surrounded by attention and comforts, with no responsibilities.”
― Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

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“Al nacer Rosa era blanca, lisa, sin arrugas, como una muñeca de loza, con el cabello verde y los ojos amarillos, la criatura más hermosa que había nacido en la tierra desde los tiempos de pecado original.”
― Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits

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“Su extraña belleza tenía una cualidad perturbadora de la cual ni ella escapaba, parecía fabricada de un material diferente al de la raza humana.”
― Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus

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