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Julia Alvarez - In the Time of the Butterflies (1994)

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A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

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A chill goes through her, for she feels it in her bones, the future is now beginning. By the time it is over, it will be the past, and she doesn't want to be the only one left to tell their story.

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I felt a flush of embarrassment to be caught shopping when I should have been plotting a revolution.

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I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.

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Julia Alvarez

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Born: March 27, 1950 (age 76)
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