Only that, nothing more - a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I try desperately to conquer the transitory nature of my existence, to trap moments before they evenesce, to untangle the confusion of… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I began to wonder whether anything truly existed, whether reality wasn't an unformed and gelatinous substance only half-captured by my senses....If that… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The fear is not real, Dil Bahadur; it is only in your mind, like all other things. Our thoughts form what we… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I seek truth and beauty in the transparency of an autumn leaf, in the perfect form of a seashell on the beach,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I have a foot here and a foot in some spirit world. There are many more layers to reality, and that permeates… — 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
