His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
His lifetime was less than a fraction of a second in infinity. Or maybe he did not even exist; maybe human beings,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The biggest straitjacket is all the prejudices that we carry around, and all the fears. But what if we just surrender to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I see that in the future, things that we have lost in the past will be recovered. There's a search for those… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
My name is Eva, which means 'life,' according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I was born in the middle of World War II, the middle of the Holocaust; I was born when there was no… — 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
