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The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

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Isabelle Eberhardt

Isabelle Eberhardt (17 February 1877-21 October 1904) was a Swiss-Algerian explorer and writer who lived and travelled extensively in North Africa. For the time she was an extremely liberated individual who rejected conventional European morality in favour of her own path and that of Islam. She died in a flash flood in the desert at the age of 27

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  • P Menon
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    Lovely saying applicable to all who had a scar in life-I would like to dedicate this to a very good actress in malayalam whom am a fan of-cant reveal name-being discreet is good-hope she is listening.
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più mi allontano dal passato, più sono vicino a forgiare il mio carattere.

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