All Isabel Allende Quotes
- After a few months without writing, months I've lived turned outward... I fear going deaf, not being able to hear the silence. Able
- She was considered timid and morose. Only in the country, her skin tanned by the sun and her belly full of ripe fruit, running through… Belly
- Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an… Appeals
- They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another. Advantage
- He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious. Arrogance
- He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul. All
- It is common knowledge that no man that women flock to boasts of his conquests. Those who do, lie. Boast
- The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier… Creatures
- His lifetime was less than a fraction of a second in infinity. Or maybe he did not even exist; maybe human beings, the planets, everything… Beings
- Perhaps we are in this world to search for love, find it and lose it, again and again. With each love, we are born anew,… Anew
- At the most difficult moments of my life, when it seemed that every door was closed to me, the taste of those apricots comes back… Abundance
- Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me. Accept
- I need to remember to overcome. Inspirational
- He had only to touch me to turn my tears into sighs and my anger to desire. How accomodating love is; it forgives everything. Accomodating
- Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions. Action
- You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found. Find
- My worst flaw is that I tell secrets, my own and everybody else's. Everybody
- Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable in my pages Apparitions
- If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking so hard for… Adorning
- Seated by her side in the narrow cabin, pressing cold compresses to her forehead and holding her while she vomited, he felt profoundly happy.... Cabin
- ...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst. Brain
- January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them have been well… Alive
- It bothers them that instead of taking on the role of abandoned lover, I have become a happy wife. They relish seeing strong women like… Abandoned
- A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot. Doe
- Each of us chooses the tone for telling his or her own story. I would like to choose the durable clarity of a platinum print,… Among