--- title: "13 Had Quotes By Isabel Allende" description: "13 Had quotes by Isabel Allende. Plus more from Isabel Allende and more Had sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/isabel-allende-266_day_i-was-a-political-refugee-living-in-vene_1752350.jpg" --- > [I was a political refugee living in Venezuela. I had a job that was twelve hours a day, no money. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-was-a-political-refugee-living-in-venezuela-i-had-a-job-that-was/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/isabel-allende-266_day_i-was-a-political-refugee-living-in-vene_1752350.jpg) > [If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/if-i-had-to-choose-between-a-relative-and-a-good-story-i-would-take/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/isabel-allende-266_between_if-i-had-to-choose-between-a-relative-an_3102008.jpg) > [The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/the-pain-of-losing-my-child-was-a-cleansing-experience-i-had-to-throw-2/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/isabel-allende-266_baggage_the-pain-of-losing-my-child-was-a-cleans_3042749.jpg) > [I have been a foreigner all my life, first as a daughter of diplomats, then as a political refugee and now as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-have-been-a-foreigner-all-my-life-first-as-a-daughter-of-diplomats/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/isabel-allende-266_anew_i-have-been-a-foreigner-all-my-life-firs_1700185.jpg) > [The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/the-pain-of-losing-my-child-was-a-cleansing-experience-i-had-to-throw/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/isabel-allende-266_anymore_the-pain-of-losing-my-child-was-a-cleans_663130.jpg) > [I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-was-such-a-sullen-angry-sad-kid-i-m-sure-there-are-writers-who-have/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/isabel-allende-266_about_i-was-such-a-sullen-angry-sad-kid-i-m-su_1867201.jpg) > [Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/before-the-military-coup-in-chile-we-had-the-idea-that-military-coups/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/isabel-allende-266_america_before-the-military-coup-in-chile-we-had_1499167.jpg) > [I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-never-had-time-to-think-about-my-beliefs-until-my-28-year-old/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/isabel-allende-266_about_i-never-had-time-to-think-about-my-belie_2726379.jpg) > [My mother is a great artist, but she always treated her paintings like minor postcards. Had she pursued it, she would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/my-mother-is-a-great-artist-but-she-always-treated-her-paintings-like/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/isabel-allende-266_always_my-mother-is-a-great-artist-but-she-alwa_3042068.jpg) > [On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/on-a-tuesday-september-11th-1973-we-had-the-military-coup-in-chile/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/isabel-allende-266_attack_on-a-tuesday-september-11th-1973-we-had_122921.jpg) > [I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/isabel-allende-266_about_i-have-lived-with-passion-and-in-a-hurry_44942.jpg) > [In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: 'No, no, no. You have…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/isabel-allende-266_accommodate_in-2011-i-announced-that-i-was-going-to_43875.jpg) > [I can't control life for my grandchildren, so how could I control a story? Sometimes I try to force something, and after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/i-can-t-control-life-for-my-grandchildren-so-how-could-i-control-a/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/isabel-allende-266_about_i-can-t-control-life-for-my-grandchildre_1664392.jpg) ## Other authors on Had ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/had/isabel-allende/#itemlist", "name": "13 Had Quotes By Isabel Allende", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was a political refugee living in Venezuela. I had a job that was twelve hours a day, no money. 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