59 Isabel Allende Quotes for You to Enjoy

Isabel Allende

Chilean Writer

Born: Aug 2, 1942

Life Me People Women World You

Related authors: Ayn Rand Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Niccolo Machiavelli Thomas Mann Thomas Paine Voltaire

We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome. Isabel Allende

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I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. Isabel Allende

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What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse. Isabel Allende

Fear Abuse Of Power Power Abuse Most Impunity

Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you. Isabel Allende

You People Country Inside Roots Landscape

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy. Isabel Allende

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. Isabel Allende

Family Me Age World Conservative Ancient Ancient Times Born No Wonder Had Knew Wrong Nobody Term Reached Catholic Although Feminist End Wonder End Of The World Five Times Patriarchal Chile Heck Raging

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. I still lust for life, I am still ferociously independent, I still crave justice, and I fall madly in love easily. Isabel Allende

I feel that telling my secrets makes me less vulnerable. What would make me vulnerable are the secrets I keep. Isabel Allende

Me Secrets Telling Would Feel Make Vulnerable Makes Less Keep

One of the characteristics of North American culture is that you can always start again. You can always move forward, cross a border of a state or a city or a county, and move West, most of the time West. You leave behind guilt, past traditions, memories. Isabel Allende

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Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. Isabel Allende

Heart Fate Our Determines Drives Us

I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fear. I'm very happy that I had an unhappy and uncomfortable childhood. Isabel Allende

Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing. Isabel Allende

Life Healing Pain Everybody Our Unavoidable Sharing Losses Very

I have become an American citizen, and I love this country. I think that this country has incredible potential for goodness, an incredible possibility for doing the wrong thing, too. Isabel Allende

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If I didn't write my soul would dry up and die. Isabel Allende

Soul Would My Soul Write Dry Up Die

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 have learned to surrender to the muse. I become obsessed with a theme or with certain stories; they haunt me for years, and finally, I write them. Isabel Allende

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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 certain theme, but by reading the letters or reviews, I realise that everybody sees the book differently. Isabel Allende

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At five I was already a feminist, and nobody used the word in Chile yet. Isabel Allende

Word Nobody Feminist Five Chile Used

The world starts to exist, for Americans, when we are in conflict with a place. And then all of a sudden, Afghanistan pops up on the TV screen and it becomes a place. And it exists for three weeks, and then it disappears into thin air. Isabel Allende

All summer, I read fiction because you must read for the pleasure and beauty of it, and not only for research. I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes. Isabel Allende

You Beauty Shortcuts Research Believe Summer Books Pleasure Must Only Thrillers Mystery Read Loopholes Self-Help Because Romance Fiction

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. Isabel Allende

Death Freedom Loyalty Me Justice Writing Political Some Haunt Until Coming Issues End Up Stories Interest Social Them Themes Certain Social Issues Keep Violence

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