Isabel Allende
I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in the first 40 pages, I abandon it. I have piles of half-read books waiting for me to get acute hepatitis or some other serious condition that would force me to rest so that I could read more.
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Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration...If you're going through hell...Forty for you, sixty for me...I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you...When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody...Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend...