Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the …

Isabel Allende
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Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change. ✨ Isabel Allende (2015). The House of the Spirits: A Novel, p.322, Simon and Schuster
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Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change. ✨ Isabel Allende (2015). The House of the Spirits: A Novel, p.322, Simon and Schuster

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