"We live in an era where masses of……" — Isabel Allende
"We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We are a tragic contingent."
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Isabel Allende
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212 Quotes by Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende has 212 quotes on this site.
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I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a…
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I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to…
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If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who…
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What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.
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For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women…
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I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.
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I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No…
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Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books:…
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All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice,…
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I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.
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We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for…
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Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have…
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