“All husbands are boring... No woman with ounce of sense gets married to be entertained, she marries to be maintained.” — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In my private circle I am a mother, grandmother, wife, friend, daughter... the success means nothing to my small tribe. — 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… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The first few months of my life of every year are in total retreat. I don't see anybody except my husband and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I would like to be with my husband together sitting somewhere in a lonely place in the woods and take something, maybe… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“His wife...always dressed in mourning for the children who died in infancy and squeezed breathless by the pressure of her corset, her… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Nathaniel Belasco had photographed his wife between 1977 and 1983, using one of the first twenty-by-twenty-four Polaroids capable of capturing the tiniest… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Friendship is all about trust and sharing. Passionate and romantic love is all about sex and emotions. You have to try to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Zacharie did not learn of the sorrow his wife was living becasue she was careful to hide it. Tete kept that first… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote… — 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… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
my husband, who is a lawyer, is very careful with words and with the truth. He thinks that the truth exists, and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Two thirds of the work in the world is done by women. Women own 1 percent of the assets. Young women are… — 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,… — 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
