Best Isabel Allende Wisdom
- I never try to convey a message, I just want to tell a story. Why that story in particular? I have no idea, but I… Become Obsessed
- On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And then, on a… Attack
- I want to have an epic life. I want to tell my life with big adjectives. I want to forget all the grays in between,… Adjectives
- I get thousands of letters, and they give me a feeling of how each book is perceived. Often I think I have written about a… Book
- I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs until… Accomplish
- I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours. Early
- Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family. Family
- One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who… Always Comes
- Every life of a character is within a context. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks like a soap… Background
- I love fiction because in fiction you go into the thoughts of people, the little people, the people who were defeated, the poor, the women,… Books
- Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other. Balance
- The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. American
- Fear is like a black cavern that is terrifying. Once you enter the cavern and explore it, you realize that you can get out of… Black
- Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen… America
- I rebelled against all form of authority, against my grandfather, my step-father, the Church, the police, the government, the bosses. Everything male that was there,… All
- I read on my iPad when I travel. I listen to audiobooks in the car. I read books in my bedroom, where I have a… Audiobooks
- I have written about Chile extensively, and therefore I have read many books on the subject, mostly for research. Books
- I feel that telling my secrets makes me less vulnerable. What would make me vulnerable are the secrets I keep. Feel
- I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for a year, and… Arms
- I have not changed; I am still the same girl I was fifty years ago and the same young woman I was in the seventies.… Ago
- The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential. All
- It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine. Connect
- I remember my childhood as a horrible time. My mother says that nothing so horrible ever happened to me as the things that I remember. Childhood
- At five I was already a feminist, and nobody used the word in Chile yet. Chile
- If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story. Choose
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