Quotes from Isabel Allende

A cualquier edad es preciso un propósito en la vida. Es la mejor cura contra muchos males»

Quería ser aceptada sin nada que ocultar o fingir, conocer al otro profundamente y aceptarlo de la misma manera. Quería alguien con quien pasar la mañana del domingo en la cama leyendo los periódicos, a quien tomarle la mano en el cine, con quien reírse de tonterías y discutir ideas.

El lunes te agarró la muerte, Paula. Vino y te señaló, pero se encontró frente a frente con tu madre y tu abuela y por esta vez retrocedió.

The man and the little girl looked at each other, recognizing themselves in the other's eyes.

The elderly are the most entertaining people in the world, she eventually told Irina. They have lived a lot, say whatever they like, and couldn't care less about other people's opinion.

Placed in a historic transition, I will pay for loyalty to the people with my life.

Creen en un solo dios, pero no es nuestro Dios, sino otro al que llaman Ngenechén.

This is what women want: to be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. In the next few pages, I will try to explain what this entails.

Tú eres tu propio enemigo, Ryan. Empieza por perdonarte, si no te perdonas vas a vivir siempre prisionero del pasado, castigado por la memoria, que es subjetiva.

dulce de leche

En pocas horas el país se dividió en dos bandos irreconciliables y la división comenzó a extenderse entre todas las familias.

Los cronistas siempre olvidan mencionarlos, pero sin esas masas silenciosas de indios amigos, que seguían a los españoles en sus empresas y guerras, la conquista del Nuevo Mundo habría sido imposible.

Today the nanas have become so emancipated that the lords of their domains prefer to hire illegal immigrants from Peru, whom they can mistreat as badly as they used to their Chilean servant girls.

It was a long week of penitence and fasting, during which there were no card games and no music that might lead to lust or abandon; and within the limits of possibility, the strictest sadness and chastity were observed, even though it was precisely at this time that the forked tail of the devil pricked most insistently at Catholic flesh.

Ya no temo mi vulnerabilidad, porque no la confundo con debilidad; puedo vivir con los brazos, las puertas y el corazón abiertos.

Chile with the purpose of finding her lover and becoming his slave forever, believing that was the way to extinguish her thirst to submit and her hidden wish for possession, but now she doubted that she could give up those new wings beginning to sprout on her shoulders.

el Viejo Pascuero nunca existió, eran los padres quienes compraban los regalos de Navidad.

I need nothing, he told himself with the cunning pride of those with a calling for solitude.

Anybody can write a good first book, but a writer is proved by the second and by those that follow; you are going to be judged harshly because success in women is not easily forgiven; write what you want; don't allow anybody to interfere with your work or in the handling of your money; treat your children like royalty, they deserve it; get married, because a husband, no matter if he is a moron, looks good.

En medio del invierno aprendí por fin que había en mí un verano invencible. —¿Eso se te acaba de ocurrir? —No. Es de

it is the most Catholic country in the world—more Catholic than Ireland, and certainly much more so than the Vatican.

Czechoslovakia

Los médicos vencidos se habían retirado y las enfermeras se preparaban para desconectar los tubos y cubrirte con una sábana, cuando una de las pantallas mágicas dio un suspiro y la caprichosa línea verde empezó a ondular señalando tu retorno a la vida. ¡Paula! te llamamos mi madre y yo en una sola voz y las enfermeras repitieron el grito y la sala se llenó con tu nombre.

Meditation helps.