Quotes About Isabel Allende

the CIA planned to kidnap the commander in chief of the armed forces, General René Schneider; although the plot would be carried out by a neo-Fascist group, it would appear to be the work of a leftist commando unit.

I tried to show my affection and gratitude with small attentions, but he would not allow it; he was not used to receiving affection, although it was his nature to squander it on others.

Allende was the first Marxist to win the presidency of a country through a democratic vote. The eyes of the world turned toward Chile.

Since the bribes didn't work, the CIA planned to kidnap the commander in chief of the armed forces

Alma Belasco had caught her attention. She stood

prefer the gifts of several good witches I know: purpose, compassion, and good humor.

Se lo contó a Clara en sus cartas y ésta respondió que no debía temer a los muertos, sino a los vivos, porque a pesar de su mala fama, nunca se supo que las momias atacaran a nadie; por el contrario, eran de naturaleza más bien tímida.

Se extendió el documento pertinente, que lo ponía a salvo de cualquier acusación en el futuro, y así fue como se nombró al primer gobernador de Chile por decisión popular y no por cédula real.

oral contract, which if it lacked legal value was

My mother used to say that the only regrets in our old age are the sins we didn't commit and the things we didn't buy.

He had the intellectual capacity of a louse, but shone in cooking up new ways to be cruel.

My maternal aunts and uncles, the Barros, were twelve rather eccentric brothers and sisters, though none was hopelessly mad.

Victor's nephew was plump and bald: all babies that age looked like Winston Churchill to him.

Considering the circumstances, it was a rather good kiss. In reality, it would have been perfect if they both had not been coughing from the smoke.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT YEAR I had a spectacular dream, and I wrote it down to tell my mother; we always did that, even though there's nothing as boring as listening to other people's dreams. That's

it was only a vague empathy for others that prevented her from being a psychopath.

and whoever says that every flame must sooner or later be extinguished is wrong, because there are passions that blaze on until destiny destroys them with a swipe of its paw

I had been assured that, as long as I was still nursing Juan Martín, I'd be safeguarded against another pregnancy, but it turned out to be another of the lies peddled to women at that time.

she had a premonition that her daughter was a heavenly being, and that she was not destined to last very long in the vulgar traffic of this world.

still fought duels, because he thought that bandits lurked on the Curacaví Hill

I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.

I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message ' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.

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.