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“far away from my country I would be like those trees they chop down at Christmastime, those poor rootless pines that last a little while and then die.” quote by Isabel Allende — Download Open image

“far away from my country I would be like those trees they chop down at Christmastime, those poor rootless pines that last a little while and then die.”

Isabel Allende

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