Happiness Quote by Isabel Allende Download Open image ““I'd realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story.”” — Isabel Allende ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Happiness Story Suffering Writing
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“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
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Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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