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title: "5 Connected Quotes By Isabel Allende"
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> [I was born in the middle of the Second World War when the United States dropped their atomic bombs in Hiroshima and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-was-born-in-the-middle-of-the-second-world-war-when-the-united/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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> [We are too connected. There's noise in our heads all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/we-are-too-connected-there-s-noise-in-our-heads-all-the-time/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/isabel-allende-266_connected_we-are-too-connected-there-s-noise-in-ou_615004.jpg)

> [Sisters: talk to each other, be connected and informed, form women's circles, share your stories, work together, and take risks. Together we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/sisters-talk-to-each-other-be-connected-and-informed-form-women-s/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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> [In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/in-the-books-i-have-written-i-have-created-in-my-mind-a-universe-my/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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> [Everything I write has to be connected to my life. One of the things that always comes up in my writing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/everything-i-write-has-to-be-connected-to-my-life-one-of-the-things/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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## Other authors on Connected

## More by Isabel Allende

> [“I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, and my grandchildren, my mother, my dog,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-am-happier-when-i-love-than-when-i-am-loved-i-adore-my-husband-my/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [Having a point to start is important. You know that when you decide to write something it's like a commitment. It's like falling in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/having-a-point-to-start-is-important-you-know-that-when-you-decide-to/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/music-is-a-wind-that-blows-away-the-years-memories-and-fear-that/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/everybody-has-losses-it-s-unavoidable-in-life-sharing-our-pain-is/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [“The writer and the dreamer have so much in common: They can't control the plot, they are always part of the story or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/the-writer-and-the-dreamer-have-so-much-in-common-they-can-t-control/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/people-think-that-they-will-sit-down-and-produce-the-great-american/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [“He had a principle: if you lend money and never see the person again, that's money well spent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/he-had-a-principle-if-you-lend-money-and-never-see-the-person-again/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [“Catholics form a majority in Chile, although there are more and more Evangelicals and Pentacostals who irritate everyone because they have a direct understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/catholics-form-a-majority-in-chile-although-there-are-more-and-more/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [“At times I feel as if I had lived all this before and that I have already written these very words, but I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/at-times-i-feel-as-if-i-had-lived-all-this-before-and-that-i-have/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: 'No, no, no. You have to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/in-2011-i-announced-that-i-was-going-to-retire-and-my-agent-panicked/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-have-lived-with-passion-and-in-a-hurry-trying-to-accomplish-too/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [I'm surrounded by the scene of aging. I myself am in my 70s and not getting any younger. Although I'm very healthy, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-m-surrounded-by-the-scene-of-aging-i-myself-am-in-my-70s-and-not/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [I try to write the kind of books I like to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-try-to-write-the-kind-of-books-i-like-to-read/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [“Intimacy needs time to mature—a shared history, tears shed, obstacles overcome, photographs in an album. It’s a slow-growing plant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/intimacy-needs-time-to-mature-a-shared-history-tears-shed-obstacles/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

> [ The idea of the book \["The Japanese Lover"\] came in a conversation that I had with a friend walking in the streets of New… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/the-idea-of-the-book-the-japanese-lover-came-in-a-conversation-that-i/)

[Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/)

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