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Isabel Allende Quotes

It’s going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at all pessimistic about this Picture Quote #1

Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other Picture Quote #1

Only that, nothing more - a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand it and thus to initiate, if possible, a change in the conscience of some readers Picture Quote #1

My female protagonist will not be this promiscuous, beautiful, dark-haired, thin lady. It will be a plump, blond, healer and so forth Picture Quote #1

You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich Picture Quote #1

After a few months without writing, months I’ve lived turned outward... I fear going deaf, not being able to hear the silence Picture Quote #1

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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 make it so Picture Quote #1

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, and remember the highlights and the dark moments Picture Quote #1

A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons Picture Quote #1

...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst Picture Quote #1

I can’t control life for my grandchildren, so how could I control a story? Sometimes I try to force something, and after working and working on that chapter, I realise that I am swimming against the current. I will never get there. So I have to let go of whatever previous idea I had about it and let the characters decide Picture Quote #1

My books are based on emotions, feelings, relationships. In these areas women are experts, so it’s not strange that the main characters of my novels are females Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in my life were my grandfather, in whose house I lived during the first 10 years of my childhood, and later my stepfather Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Many children fly like birds, guess other people’s dreams, and speak with ghosts, but ... they all outgrow it when they lose their innocence Picture Quote #1

If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story Picture Quote #1

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, and was determining my life Picture Quote #1

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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 love Picture Quote #1

I’m such a control freak. I want to control even my own death. Decide when I will die and how Picture Quote #1

Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights Picture Quote #1

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader’s heart Picture Quote #1

I think that any writer who is commercial, who sells a lot of books, has to face criticism. Because the more hermetic and the more difficult your book is, supposedly it’s better Picture Quote #1

I never try to give a message in my books. It’s about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them tell me the story. Sometimes I would love to have a happy ending, and it doesn’t happen because the character or the story leads me in another direction Picture Quote #1

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In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in my head and I live in that village, and it’s true. When I start writing a book, characters from previous books reappear. All my emotions, my mind, my heart, my dreams, everything becomes connected with a new book, and nothing else really matters Picture Quote #1

The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn’t grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother’s obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape Picture Quote #1

I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours Picture Quote #1

Everything that has to do with food is sensuous. In the United States, however, we are eating all the time. We have a problem with obesity. And yet, we don’t enjoy food that much Picture Quote #1

I have been a foreigner all my life, first as a daughter of diplomats, then as a political refugee and now as an immigrant in the U.S. I have had to leave everything behind and start anew several times, and I have lost most of my extended family Picture Quote #1

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse Picture Quote #1

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It’s going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at all pessimistic about this. (Isabel Allende Quotes) Eros is very close to death. And both things, in a way, balance each other. (Isabel Allende Quotes) Only that, nothing more - a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand it and thus to initiate, if possible, a change in the conscience of some readers. (Isabel Allende Quotes) My female protagonist will not be this promiscuous, beautiful, dark-haired, thin lady. It will be a plump, blond, healer and so forth. (Isabel Allende Quotes) You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich. (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. (Isabel Allende Quotes) If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so. (Isabel Allende Quotes) 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, and remember the highlights and the dark moments. (Isabel Allende Quotes) A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and the people I love the most in the mirror of the blank screen. In a memoir, feelings are more important than facts, and to write honestly, I have to confront my demons. (Isabel Allende Quotes) ...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst. (Isabel Allende Quotes) I can’t control life for my grandchildren, so how could I control a story? Sometimes I try to force something, and after working and working on that chapter, I realise that I am swimming against the current. I will never get there. So I have to let go of whatever previous idea I had about it and let the characters decide. (Isabel Allende Quotes) My books are based on emotions, feelings, relationships. In these areas women are experts, so it’s not strange that the main characters of my novels are females. (Isabel Allende Quotes) 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 Quotes) My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in my life were my grandfather, in whose house I lived during the first 10 years of my childhood, and later my stepfather. (Isabel Allende Quotes) 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. (Isabel Allende Quotes) Many children fly like birds, guess other people’s dreams, and speak with ghosts, but ... they all outgrow it when they lose their innocence. (Isabel Allende Quotes) If I had to choose between a relative and a good story, I would take the story (Isabel Allende Quotes) 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, and was determining my life. (Isabel Allende Quotes) 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 love. (Isabel Allende Quotes) I’m such a control freak. I want to control even my own death. Decide when I will die and how. (Isabel Allende Quotes) Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights. (Isabel Allende Quotes) When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader’s heart. (Isabel Allende Quotes) I think that any writer who is commercial, who sells a lot of books, has to face criticism. Because the more hermetic and the more difficult your book is, supposedly it’s better. (Isabel Allende Quotes) I never try to give a message in my books. It’s about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them tell me the story. Sometimes I would love to have a happy ending, and it doesn’t happen because the character or the story leads me in another direction. (Isabel Allende Quotes) In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in my head and I live in that village, and it’s true. When I start writing a book, characters from previous books reappear. All my emotions, my mind, my heart, my dreams, everything becomes connected with a new book, and nothing else really matters. (Isabel Allende Quotes) The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn’t grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother’s obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape. (Isabel Allende Quotes) I get up every morning early, when the sky is red, and write for 10 hours (Isabel Allende Quotes) Everything that has to do with food is sensuous. In the United States, however, we are eating all the time. We have a problem with obesity. And yet, we don’t enjoy food that much. (Isabel Allende Quotes) I have been a foreigner all my life, first as a daughter of diplomats, then as a political refugee and now as an immigrant in the U.S. I have had to leave everything behind and start anew several times, and I have lost most of my extended family. (Isabel Allende Quotes) What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse. (Isabel Allende Quotes)

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