Quotes from Isabel Allende

Mi Popo decía que el amor nos vuelve buenos. No importa a quién amemos, tampoco importa ser correspondidos o si la relación es duradera. Basta la experiencia de amar, eso nos transforma.

Qué nos pasó? Tal vez estamos en el mundo para buscar el amor, encontrarlo y perderlo, una y otra vez. Con cada amor volvemos a nacer, y con cada amor que termina se nos abre una herida... Estoy llena de cicatrices.

She regretted nothing she had shared with her lover, nor was she ashamed of the fires that had changed her life; just the opposite, she felt that they had tempered her, made her strong, given her pride in making decisions and paying the consequences for them.

The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.

My worst flaw is that I tell secrets, my own and everybody else's.

She never imagined a scenario in which her love was not returned with the same depth of feeling, for to her it was impossible to believe that a love of such magnitude could have stunned only her. The most elementary logic and justice indicated that somewhere in the city he was suffering the same delicious torment.

It's easy to judge others when we are not going through the same thing.

As my Popo used to say, life is a tapestry we weave day by day with threads of different colors, some heavy and dark, others thin and bright, all the threads having their uses. The stupid things I did are already in the tapestry, indelible, but I'm not going to be weighed down by them till I die. What's done is done; I have to look ahead.

That was a good time in my life, in spite of having the sensation of floating on a cloud, surrounded by both lies and things left unspoken. Occasionally I thought I glimpsed the truth, but soon found myself once again lost in a forest of ambiguities.

Land is something one should never sell. It is the only thing left when all else is gone.

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

There is room in the human heart for all the divinities.

Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me.

Es fácil juzgar a otros cuando uno no ha sufrido esa experiencia

Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is badly out of balance, in favor of men.

Before you conquer the mountain, you must learn to overcome your fear.

If nothing hurts, that means I woke up dead

La memoria imprime en blanco y negro, los grises se pierden por el camino.

She felt that everything was made of glass, as fragile as a sigh

Váyase al carajo -Bueno, para allá vamos. Usted viene conmigo

The point was not to die, since death came anyway, but to survive, which would be a miracle.

Nothing can grow in the shade of secrets, she would say, love needs light and space to flourish.

How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.

They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another.