On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
She was considered timid and morose. Only in the country, her skin tanned by the sun and her belly full of ripe… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
far away from my country I would be like those trees they chop down at Christmastime, those poor rootless pines that last… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The most poor and backward areas in the world are those in which women are subjugated and exploited. Improving the situation of… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I have become an American citizen, and I love this country. I think that this country has incredible potential for goodness, an… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, and my grandchildren, my mother, my dog,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
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… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“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… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
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… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“He had a principle: if you lend money and never see the person again, that's money well spent.” — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Catholics form a majority in Chile, although there are more and more Evangelicals and Pentacostals who irritate everyone because they have a direct understanding… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“At times I feel as if I had lived all this before and that I have already written these very words, but I know… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: 'No, no, no. You have to write… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
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… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
