Top 126 Quotes by Isabel Allende

About Isabel Allende

These are some quotes by Chilean author Isabel Allende Writer, who was born on August 2, 1942.

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

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

Isabel Allende

My mother didn't want me to be a feminist, a radical, political person, because she was scared. She wanted me to be protected and safe, but my life never was.

My mother didn't want me to be a feminist, a radical, political person, because she was scared. She wanted me to be protected and safe, but my life never was.

Isabel Allende

I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in the first 40 pages, I abandon it. I have piles of half-read books waiting for me to get acute hepatitis or some other serious condition that would force me to rest so that I could read more.

Isabel Allende

A memoir is my version of events. My perspective. I choose what to tell and what to omit. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I'm creating a form of fiction.

A memoir is my version of events. My perspective. I choose what to tell and what to omit. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I'm creating a form of fiction.

Isabel Allende

I have written about Chile extensively, and therefore I have read many books on the subject, mostly for research.

I have written about Chile extensively, and therefore I have read many books on the subject, mostly for research.

Isabel Allende

A memoir is an invitation into another person's privacy.

A memoir is an invitation into another person's privacy.

Isabel Allende

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.

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 never thought that I would come to live in the United States. I was not pursuing the American dream.

I never thought that I would come to live in the United States. I was not pursuing the American dream.

Isabel Allende

Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders.

Today's girls are tomorrow's women - and leaders.

Isabel Allende

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

Isabel Allende

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