I told her she had run an enormous risk rescuing me, and she smiled. It was then I understood that the days… — Isabel Allende
I told her she had run an enormous risk rescuing me, and she smiled. It was then I understood that the days of Colonel Garcia and all those like him are numbered, because they have not been able to destroy the spirit of these women. (p487)
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