If there is one Spanish-language writer who enjoys a wide readership across the globe, it has to be Isabel Allende. She is the author of famous books, ‘The House of the Spirits’ and ‘City of the Beasts’ that went on to become international bestsellers. Her other popular works include ‘Ines of My Soul’ and ‘Paula’. Isabel Allende gained prominence for weaving ‘magic realism’ in her works and spinning most marvellous stories. Most of Allende’s works are based on her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women. Often cited as a literary legend, Allende is the third most influential Latino leader in the world. Allende’s USP involves her unique and vivid storytelling style. Most of her work is rooted to her remarkable upbringing and mystical people and events that fuelled her imagination. Her work gives a stint of her feminist convictions, her commitment to social justice and the harsh political realities that shaped her destiny. Over the years, she has written over 20 books that have been translated into more than 35 languages and sold more than 67 million copies. Her expertise in writing has extended to quotes well, as Allende has given a new food for thought in her quotes that have covered various aspects of life. Check out some of the highly meaningful quotes by Isabel Allende.
Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.
There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.
Perhaps we are in this world to search for love, find it and lose it, again and again. With each love, we are born anew, and with each love that ends we collect a new wound. I am covered with proud scars.
Erotica is using a feather; pornograpy is using the whole chicken.
Isabel Allende
The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . .
Isabel Allende
Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm, just concentrate on the process.
Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change.
The slave who dances is free ... while he is dancing.
Isabel Allende
His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.
Isabel Allende
Our demons lose their power when we pull them out of the depths where they hide and look them in the face in broad daylight.
Isabel Allende
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.
Isabel Allende
She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality.
Isabel Allende
It’s easy to judge others when we are not going through the same thing.
Isabel Allende
Remember that all the others are more afraid than you
Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable in my pages
We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning.
Isabel Allende
Happiness is slippery, it slithers away between your fingers, but problems are something you can hold on to, they’ve got handles, they’re rough and hard
Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.
Isabel Allende
Nothing strong can be built on a foundation of lies and omissions.
Isabel Allende
Write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.
A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.
Isabel Allende
I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not realizing that to speak is also to be. Word and gesture are man's thought. We should not speak without reason.
My father says that fear is good; it's the body's alarm system, it warns us of danger. But sometimes danger can't be avoided, and then you have to forget about being afraid.
I strike the ground with the soles of my feet and life rises up my legs, spreads up my skeleton, takes possession of me, drives away distress and sweetens my memory. The world trembles.
